#B0422A#B0422A

#B0422A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.149 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0422A
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 76.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.21, 43.54, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.21, 57.37, 40.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% 0.1235 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.149 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2728, 13.2965, 3.6890)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0422A #2A98B0

analogous

#B02A55 #B0422A #B0852A

triadic

#B0422A #2AB042 #422AB0

tetradic

#B0422A #55B02A #2A98B0 #852AB0

square

#B0422A #55B02A #2A98B0 #852AB0

split-complementary

#B0422A #2AB085 #2A55B0

monochromatic

#4D1D12 #7F2F1E #B0422A #D35E45 #DE8976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B0422A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B0422A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0422A

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0422A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0422A	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2273D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.149 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7b65',
    500: '#b0422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0422a;
$custom-light: #cf7b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52695,
    "c": 0.1488,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0422A

secondary

#70B7C6

accent

#C8E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0422A

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

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