#B42541#B42541

#B42541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.177 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42541
RGB	rgb(180, 37, 65)
HSL	hsl(348, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, 57.04, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 60.57, 19.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.1705 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.177 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4403, 11.4112, 6.1263)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42541 #25B498

analogous

#B42588 #B42541 #B45125

triadic

#B42541 #41B425 #2541B4

tetradic

#B42541 #88B425 #25B498 #5125B4

square

#B42541 #88B425 #25B498 #5125B4

split-complementary

#B42541 #25B451 #2588B4

monochromatic

#4E101C #811B2F #B42541 #D73F5D #E27188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#B42541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B42541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42541

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42541	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 37, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.177 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e75',
    500: '#b42541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42541;
$custom-light: #d26e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.252,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5074,
    "c": 0.17741,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42541

secondary

#6CC9B7

accent

#E9C83F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42541

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

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