#B32E42#B32E42

#B32E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.169 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32E42
RGB	rgb(179, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 53.94, 20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 57.82, 21.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1609 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.169 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5529, 11.9341, 6.3745)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32E42 #2EB39F

analogous

#B32E85 #B32E42 #B35C2E

triadic

#B32E42 #42B32E #2E42B3

tetradic

#B32E42 #85B32E #2EB39F #5C2EB3

square

#B32E42 #85B32E #2EB39F #5C2EB3

split-complementary

#B32E42 #2EB35C #2E85B3

monochromatic

#52151E #822130 #B32E42 #D14D61 #DE7E8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B32E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B32E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32E42

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32E42	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.169 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17276',
    500: '#b32e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32e42;
$custom-light: #d17276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.977,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51339,
    "c": 0.16852,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32E42

secondary

#76C6BA

accent

#E2CB46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32E42

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

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