#B42119#B42119

#B42119 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.183 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42119
RGB	rgb(180, 33, 25)
HSL	hsl(3, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, 56.54, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 70.89, 37.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% 0.1604 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.183 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5442, 10.8644, 1.9875)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42119 #19ACB4

analogous

#B4195E #B42119 #B46F19

triadic

#B42119 #19B421 #2119B4

tetradic

#B42119 #5EB419 #19ACB4 #6F19B4

square

#B42119 #5EB419 #19ACB4 #6F19B4

split-complementary

#B42119 #19B46F #195EB4

monochromatic

#490D0A #7E1712 #B42119 #E13229 #E9665F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#B42119 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#B42119 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42119

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42119	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42119	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75680F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42119;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 33, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.183 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56c58',
    500: '#b42119',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42119;
$custom-light: #d56c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42119",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.097,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49897,
    "c": 0.18325,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42119

secondary

#5CC7CD

accent

#E8F236

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160803

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42119

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

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