#B32E2B#B32E2B

#B32E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.170 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E2B
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, 52.77, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 62.94, 33.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% 0.1522 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.17 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0058, 11.7152, 3.4929)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E2B #2BB0B3

analogous

#B32B6C #B32E2B #B3722B

triadic

#B32E2B #2BB32E #2E2BB3

tetradic

#B32E2B #6CB32B #2BB0B3 #722BB3

square

#B32E2B #6CB32B #2BB0B3 #722BB3

split-complementary

#B32E2B #2BB372 #2B6CB3

monochromatic

#501513 #82211F #B32E2B #D34B48 #DF7C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B32E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B32E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E2B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E2B	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.170 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27165',
    500: '#b32e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e2b;
$custom-light: #d27165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.324,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50965,
    "c": 0.17033,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E2B

secondary

#73C5C7

accent

#E1E443

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E2B

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

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