#B42242#B42242

#B42242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.180 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42242
RGB	rgb(180, 34, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 57.94, 19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 61.09, 18.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% 0.1736 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.18 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3800, 11.2438, 6.2504)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42242 #22B494

analogous

#B4228B #B42242 #B44B22

triadic

#B42242 #42B422 #2242B4

tetradic

#B42242 #8BB422 #22B494 #4B22B4

square

#B42242 #8BB422 #22B494 #4B22B4

split-complementary

#B42242 #22B44B #228BB4

monochromatic

#4D0F1C #81182F #B42242 #DA3A5D #E36D87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#B42242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#B42242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42242

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42242	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	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: #b42242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 34, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.180 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d76',
    500: '#b42242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42242;
$custom-light: #d26d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.849,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50542,
    "c": 0.17979,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42242

secondary

#68CAB4

accent

#EBC53D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42242

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

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