#B42142#B42142

#B42142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.181 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42142
RGB	rgb(180, 33, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 58.20, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 61.31, 18.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.1744 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.181 15)
XYZ	xyz(20.3518, 11.1875, 6.2410)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42142 #21B493

analogous

#B4218B #B42142 #B44A21

triadic

#B42142 #42B421 #2142B4

tetradic

#B42142 #8BB421 #21B493 #4A21B4

square

#B42142 #8BB421 #21B493 #4A21B4

split-complementary

#B42142 #21B44A #218BB4

monochromatic

#4D0E1C #80182F #B42142 #DA385C #E46B87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#B42142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B42142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42142

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42142	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 33, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.181 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d76',
    500: '#b42142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42142;
$custom-light: #d26d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.531,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50473,
    "c": 0.18055,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.11184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42142

secondary

#67CAB4

accent

#ECC43C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42142

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

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