#B0242F#B0242F

#B0242F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.175 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0242F
RGB	rgb(176, 36, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 73.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.07, 55.24, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.07, 62.80, 28.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% 0.1613 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.175 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0507, 10.7001, 3.7510)
Luminance	0.1070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0242F #24B0A5

analogous

#B02475 #B0242F #B05F24

triadic

#B0242F #2FB024 #242FB0

tetradic

#B0242F #75B024 #24B0A5 #5F24B0

square

#B0242F #75B024 #24B0A5 #5F24B0

split-complementary

#B0242F #24B05F #2475B0

monochromatic

#4A0F14 #7D1A21 #B0242F #D73A47 #E16D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#B0242F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#B0242F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0242F

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0242F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0242F	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F492E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0242f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 36, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.175 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d67',
    500: '#b0242f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0242f;
$custom-light: #d06d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0242f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.286,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4962,
    "c": 0.17502,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0242F

secondary

#68C8C0

accent

#E9DC3F

background

#FEF6F6

surface

#FCECEB

border

#D5C7C6

text

#160806

muted

#847A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0242F

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

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