#B42341#B42341

#B42341 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.179 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42341
RGB	rgb(180, 35, 65)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 57.61, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 61.02, 19.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% 0.1723 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.179 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3798, 11.2901, 6.1061)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42341 #23B496

analogous

#B4238A #B42341 #B44D23

triadic

#B42341 #41B423 #2341B4

tetradic

#B42341 #8AB423 #23B496 #4D23B4

square

#B42341 #8AB423 #23B496 #4D23B4

split-complementary

#B42341 #23B44D #238AB4

monochromatic

#4E0F1C #81192E #B42341 #D93B5C #E36E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#B42341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B42341 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42341

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42341	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 35, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.179 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d75',
    500: '#b42341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42341;
$custom-light: #d26d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.586,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50593,
    "c": 0.17899,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42341

secondary

#69C9B6

accent

#EAC73D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42341

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

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