#B42515#B42515

#B42515 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.181 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B42515
RGBrgb(180, 37, 21)
HSLhsl(6, 79%, 39%)
HSVhsv(6, 88%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.4%, 88.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(39.72, 55.33, 44.98)
CIE-LCHlch(39.72, 71.30, 39.11°)
OKLaboklab(50.16% 0.156 0.0919)
OKLCHoklch(50.16% 0.181 30.5)
XYZxyz(19.6218, 11.0838, 1.8156)
Luminance0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B42515 #15A4B4
analogous
#B41554 #B42515 #B47515
triadic
#B42515 #15B425 #2515B4
tetradic
#B42515 #54B415 #15A4B4 #7515B4
square
#B42515 #54B415 #15A4B4 #7515B4
split-complementary
#B42515 #15B475 #1554B4
monochromatic
#460E08 #7D1A0F #B42515 #E53521 #EC6758

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53
#B42515 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22
#B42515 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42515
6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B42515#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B425151.006.533.226.53
#FFFFFF6.531.0021.001.00
#0000003.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.531.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#534A10
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#766909
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C70024
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b42515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 37, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.181 30.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56d56',
    500: '#b42515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b42515;
$custom-light: #d56d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b42515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.038,
    "s": 79.104,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50164,
    "c": 0.18104,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B42515
secondary
#56C2CF
accent
#E2F632
background
#FEF7F5
surface
#FDEDE9
border
#D5C8C5
text
#160803
muted
#847B78

Preview Lab

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#B42515 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva