#B32E38#B32E38

#B32E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.169 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E38
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 53.37, 26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 59.70, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.157 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.169 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2834, 11.8263, 4.9553)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E38 #2EB3A9

analogous

#B32E7B #B32E38 #B3672E

triadic

#B32E38 #38B32E #2E38B3

tetradic

#B32E38 #7BB32E #2EB3A9 #672EB3

square

#B32E38 #7BB32E #2EB3A9 #672EB3

split-complementary

#B32E38 #2EB367 #2E7BB3

monochromatic

#52151A #822129 #B32E38 #D14D57 #DE7E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#B32E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B32E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E38

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E38	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.169 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2716e',
    500: '#b32e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e38;
$custom-light: #d2716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.489,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51155,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E38

secondary

#76C6C0

accent

#E2D746

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E38

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

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