#B0243E#B0243E

#B0243E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.174 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0243E
RGB	rgb(176, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 64.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.31, 56.00, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.31, 59.77, 20.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% 0.1671 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.174 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4070, 10.8426, 5.6275)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0243E #24B096

analogous

#B02484 #B0243E #B05024

triadic

#B0243E #3EB024 #243EB0

tetradic

#B0243E #84B024 #24B096 #5024B0

square

#B0243E #84B024 #24B096 #5024B0

split-complementary

#B0243E #24B050 #2484B0

monochromatic

#4A0F1A #7D1A2C #B0243E #D73A57 #E16D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#B0243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#B0243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0243E

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0243E	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71673A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.174 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6d73',
    500: '#b0243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0243e;
$custom-light: #cf6d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.857,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49878,
    "c": 0.17441,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0243E

secondary

#68C8B6

accent

#E9C93F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0243E

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

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