#B42216#B42216

#B42216 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.183 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42216
RGB	rgb(180, 34, 22)
HSL	hsl(5, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.43, 56.20, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.43, 71.55, 38.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.1588 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.183 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5417, 10.9085, 1.8355)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42216 #16A8B4

analogous

#B41659 #B42216 #B47116

triadic

#B42216 #16B422 #2216B4

tetradic

#B42216 #59B416 #16A8B4 #7116B4

square

#B42216 #59B416 #16A8B4 #7116B4

split-complementary

#B42216 #16B471 #1659B4

monochromatic

#470D09 #7D180F #B42216 #E43223 #EB655A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#B42216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#B42216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42216

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42216	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76680A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 34, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.183 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56c56',
    500: '#b42216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42216;
$custom-light: #d56c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.557,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49946,
    "c": 0.18292,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42216

secondary

#58C5CE

accent

#E6F533

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160803

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42216

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

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