#B42344#B42344

#B42344 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.179 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42344
RGB	rgb(180, 35, 68)
HSL	hsl(346, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 57.79, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 60.62, 17.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.1735 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.179 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4690, 11.3258, 6.5760)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42344 #23B493

analogous

#B4238D #B42344 #B44B23

triadic

#B42344 #44B423 #2344B4

tetradic

#B42344 #8DB423 #23B493 #4B23B4

square

#B42344 #8DB423 #23B493 #4B23B4

split-complementary

#B42344 #23B44B #238DB4

monochromatic

#4E0F1D #811931 #B42344 #D93B5F #E36E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#B42344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B42344 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42344

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42344	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 35, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.179 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d77',
    500: '#b42344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42344;
$custom-light: #d26d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.345,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50656,
    "c": 0.17912,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42344

secondary

#69C9B4

accent

#EAC33D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42344

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

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