#B42516#B42516

#B42516 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.181 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42516
RGB	rgb(180, 37, 22)
HSL	hsl(6, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 55.35, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 71.04, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.1562 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.181 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6313, 11.0876, 1.8654)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42516 #16A5B4

analogous

#B41656 #B42516 #B47416

triadic

#B42516 #16B425 #2516B4

tetradic

#B42516 #56B416 #16A5B4 #7416B4

square

#B42516 #56B416 #16A5B4 #7416B4

split-complementary

#B42516 #16B474 #1656B4

monochromatic

#470F09 #7D1A0F #B42516 #E43523 #EB675A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#B42516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#B42516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42516

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42516	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76690A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 37, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.181 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56d57',
    500: '#b42516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42516;
$custom-light: #d56d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.696,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50171,
    "c": 0.18093,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42516

secondary

#58C3CE

accent

#E2F533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42516

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

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