#B32E27#B32E27

#B32E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.171 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E27
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, 52.62, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 64.07, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% 0.1509 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.171 28)
XYZ	xyz(19.9360, 11.6873, 3.1252)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E27 #27ACB3

analogous

#B32766 #B32E27 #B37427

triadic

#B32E27 #27B32E #2E27B3

tetradic

#B32E27 #66B327 #27ACB3 #7427B3

square

#B32E27 #66B327 #27ACB3 #7427B3

split-complementary

#B32E27 #27B374 #2766B3

monochromatic

#4E1411 #81211C #B32E27 #D64941 #E17974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#B32E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B32E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E27

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E27	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.171 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37162',
    500: '#b32e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e27;
$custom-light: #d37162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50917,
    "c": 0.17088,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.11684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E27

secondary

#6EC3C8

accent

#DFE741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E27

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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