#B42444#B42444

#B42444 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.178 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42444
RGB	rgb(180, 36, 68)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.22, 57.51, 18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.22, 60.39, 17.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% 0.1726 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.178 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4988, 11.3855, 6.5860)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42444 #24B494

analogous

#B4248C #B42444 #B44C24

triadic

#B42444 #44B424 #2444B4

tetradic

#B42444 #8CB424 #24B494 #4C24B4

square

#B42444 #8CB424 #24B494 #4C24B4

split-complementary

#B42444 #24B44C #248CB4

monochromatic

#4E101D #811A31 #B42444 #D83D5F #E27089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#B42444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B42444 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42444

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42444	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 36, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.178 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e77',
    500: '#b42444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42444;
$custom-light: #d26e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50728,
    "c": 0.17832,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42444

secondary

#6BC9B4

accent

#EAC43E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42444

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

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