#B42316#B42316

#B42316 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.182 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42316
RGB	rgb(180, 35, 22)
HSL	hsl(5, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 55.92, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 71.38, 38.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.158 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.182 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5707, 10.9665, 1.8452)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42316 #16A7B4

analogous

#B41658 #B42316 #B47216

triadic

#B42316 #16B423 #2316B4

tetradic

#B42316 #58B416 #16A7B4 #7216B4

square

#B42316 #58B416 #16A7B4 #7216B4

split-complementary

#B42316 #16B472 #1658B4

monochromatic

#470E09 #7D180F #B42316 #E43323 #EB665A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#B42316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#B42316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42316

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42316	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76680A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 35, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.182 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56c56',
    500: '#b42316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42316;
$custom-light: #d56c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.937,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50019,
    "c": 0.18227,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42316

secondary

#58C4CE

accent

#E5F533

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160803

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42316

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

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