#B42616#B42616

#B42616 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.180 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42616
RGB	rgb(180, 38, 22)
HSL	hsl(6, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.83, 55.05, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.83, 70.86, 39.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1553 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.18 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6628, 11.1507, 1.8759)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42616 #16A4B4

analogous

#B41655 #B42616 #B47516

triadic

#B42616 #16B426 #2616B4

tetradic

#B42616 #55B416 #16A4B4 #7516B4

square

#B42616 #55B416 #16A4B4 #7516B4

split-complementary

#B42616 #16B475 #1655B4

monochromatic

#470F09 #7D1A0F #B42616 #E43723 #EB685A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B42616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B42616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42616

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42616	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76690B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 38, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.180 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56e57',
    500: '#b42616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42616;
$custom-light: #d56e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.076,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50249,
    "c": 0.18023,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42616

secondary

#58C2CE

accent

#E1F533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42616

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

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