#B32E30#B32E30

#B32E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.170 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E30
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 52.98, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 61.61, 30.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.154 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.17 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1032, 11.7542, 4.0060)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E30 #2EB3B1

analogous

#B32E73 #B32E30 #B36F2E

triadic

#B32E30 #30B32E #2E30B3

tetradic

#B32E30 #73B32E #2EB3B1 #6F2EB3

square

#B32E30 #73B32E #2EB3B1 #6F2EB3

split-complementary

#B32E30 #2EB36F #2E73B3

monochromatic

#521516 #822123 #B32E30 #D14D4F #DE7E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B32E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B32E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E30

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E30	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.170 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27168',
    500: '#b32e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e30;
$custom-light: #d27168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.098,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51032,
    "c": 0.1697,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E30

secondary

#76C6C5

accent

#E2E046

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E30

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

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