HEX atlas value

#B00020

#B00020 is a warm red HEX color nearest Anodized Red. RGB 176, 0, 32, HSL 349° 100% 35%, luminance 0.0933; view contrast and conversions.

red warm balanced

#B00020 Sample readable text

HEX #B00020

RGB rgb(176, 0, 32)

HSL hsl(349 100% 35%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 100, 82, 31)

Luminance 0.0933

Contrast Black 2.87:1White 7.33:1

CSS

--color-b00020: #B00020;
.background-b00020 { background-color: #B00020; }
.text-b00020 { color: #B00020; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B00020

#B00020 is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #B00020 is visually closest to Anodized Red, a named red color with HEX #B00020.

The RGB channels are 176, 0, and 32, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 349deg with 100% saturation and 35% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.0933, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.87:1AA Fail

White text7.33:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B00020 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.87:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF7.33:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#570010#570010 · #FFFFFF text · best 14.87:1 Carmine#960018 · #FFFFFF text · best 9.09:1 Cranberry#9F000F · #FFFFFF text · best 8.46:1 Ruby Red#9B111E · #FFFFFF text · best 8.43:1 #9F142D#9F142D · #FFFFFF text · best 8.04:1

Generated Palette

Anodized Red#B00020

#00B392#00B392

#B3007A#B3007A

#B33900#B33900

#FF0F3B#FF0F3B

#570010#570010

Color Harmonies

#00B392#00B392

#B3007A#B3007A

#B33900#B33900

#21B300#21B300

#0021B3#0021B3

Variants

#FF0F3B#FF0F3B

#570010#570010

#B30021#B30021

#9F142D#9F142D

#F04262#F04262

#DB0028#DB0028

Nearest Named Colors

Anodized Red#B00020

Tool Red#B11226

Cranberry#9F000F

Ruby Red#9B111E

Carmine#960018

Luminance0.0933

Black text2.87:1AA Fail

White text7.33:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B00020","rgb":[176,0,32],"hsl":[349,100,35],"cmyk":[0,100,82,31],"luminance":0.0933,"contrast":{"black":2.87,"white":7.33}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.87,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.33,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#570010","hex":"#570010","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.41,"contrastWhite":14.87,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Carmine","hex":"#960018","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.31,"contrastWhite":9.09,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Cranberry","hex":"#9F000F","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.48,"contrastWhite":8.46,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Ruby Red","hex":"#9B111E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.49,"contrastWhite":8.43,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#9F142D","hex":"#9F142D","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.61,"contrastWhite":8.04,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Anodized Red adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b00020.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/anodized-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tool-red.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cranberry.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#00B392","analogous":["#B3007A","#B33900"],"triadic":["#21B300","#0021B3"],"tetradic":["#7AB300","#00B392","#3900B3"],"splitComplementary":["#00B339","#007AB3"],"monochromatic":["#FF0F3B","#B00020","#570010"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FF0F3B","dark":"#570010","saturated":"#B30021","desaturated":"#9F142D","pastel":"#F04262","neon":"#DB0028"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"anodized-red","name":"Anodized Red","hex":"#B00020","distance":0},{"slug":"tool-red","name":"Tool Red","hex":"#B11226","distance":19},{"slug":"cranberry","name":"Cranberry","hex":"#9F000F","distance":24.041630560342615},{"slug":"ruby-red","name":"Ruby Red","hex":"#9B111E","distance":27.09243436828813},{"slug":"carmine","name":"Carmine","hex":"#960018","distance":27.202941017470888}]

#B00020

CSS

About #B00020

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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