#B32E28#B32E28

#B32E28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.171 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E28
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, 52.65, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 63.78, 34.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.1512 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.171 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9527, 11.6940, 3.2136)
Luminance	0.1169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E28 #28ADB3

analogous

#B32867 #B32E28 #B37328

triadic

#B32E28 #28B32E #2E28B3

tetradic

#B32E28 #67B328 #28ADB3 #7328B3

square

#B32E28 #67B328 #28ADB3 #7328B3

split-complementary

#B32E28 #28B373 #2867B3

monochromatic

#4F1412 #81211D #B32E28 #D54943 #E07A75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#B32E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B32E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E28

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E28	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)

#564E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.171 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37163',
    500: '#b32e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e28;
$custom-light: #d37163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.59,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50928,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E28

secondary

#6FC4C8

accent

#DFE641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E28

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

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