#B32E2A#B32E2A

#B32E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.170 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E2A
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 52.73, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 63.22, 33.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.1519 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.17 27)
XYZ	xyz(19.9877, 11.7080, 3.3975)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E2A #2AAFB3

analogous

#B32A6A #B32E2A #B3722A

triadic

#B32E2A #2AB32E #2E2AB3

tetradic

#B32E2A #6AB32A #2AAFB3 #722AB3

square

#B32E2A #6AB32A #2AAFB3 #722AB3

split-complementary

#B32E2A #2AB372 #2A6AB3

monochromatic

#501513 #81211E #B32E2A #D44B46 #DF7B78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#B32E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B32E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E2A

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E2A	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)

#564E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.170 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27164',
    500: '#b32e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e2a;
$custom-light: #d27164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.752,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50952,
    "c": 0.17047,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.11705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E2A

secondary

#72C5C7

accent

#E0E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E2A

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

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