#B2442B#B2442B

#B2442B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.149 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2442B
RGB	rgb(178, 68, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 43.39, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 57.46, 40.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% 0.123 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.149 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8655, 13.7765, 3.8455)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2442B #2B99B2

analogous

#B22B55 #B2442B #B2872B

triadic

#B2442B #2BB244 #442BB2

tetradic

#B2442B #55B22B #2B99B2 #872BB2

square

#B2442B #55B22B #2B99B2 #872BB2

split-complementary

#B2442B #2BB287 #2B55B2

monochromatic

#4F1E13 #81311F #B2442B #D36148 #DF8C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B2442B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B2442B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2442B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2442B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2442B	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2442b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 68, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.149 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17c66',
    500: '#b2442b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2442b;
$custom-light: #d17c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2442b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.111,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53295,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2442B

secondary

#72B7C7

accent

#C6E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2442B

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

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