#B2442C#B2442C

#B2442C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.149 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2442C
RGB	rgb(178, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 43.43, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 57.15, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1233 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.149 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8841, 13.7840, 3.9433)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2442C #2C9AB2

analogous

#B22C57 #B2442C #B2872C

triadic

#B2442C #2CB244 #442CB2

tetradic

#B2442C #57B22C #2C9AB2 #872CB2

square

#B2442C #57B22C #2C9AB2 #872CB2

split-complementary

#B2442C #2CB287 #2C57B2

monochromatic

#501F14 #813120 #B2442C #D26249 #DE8C7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B2442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B2442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2442C

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2442C	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.149 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17c66',
    500: '#b2442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2442c;
$custom-light: #d17c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53306,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2442C

secondary

#73B8C6

accent

#C7E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2442C

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

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