#B2442A#B2442A

#B2442A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.149 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2442A
RGB	rgb(178, 68, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 43.35, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 57.78, 41.39°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.1227 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.149 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8474, 13.7693, 3.7500)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2442A #2A98B2

analogous

#B22A54 #B2442A #B2882A

triadic

#B2442A #2AB244 #442AB2

tetradic

#B2442A #54B22A #2A98B2 #882AB2

square

#B2442A #54B22A #2A98B2 #882AB2

split-complementary

#B2442A #2AB288 #2A54B2

monochromatic

#4F1E13 #80311E #B2442A #D36146 #DF8B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B2442A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B2442A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2442A

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2442A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2442A	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2442a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 68, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.149 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17c65',
    500: '#b2442a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2442a;
$custom-light: #d17c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2442a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.471,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53283,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2442A

secondary

#71B6C7

accent

#C6E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2442A

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

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