#B42648#B42648

#B42648 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.177 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42648
RGB	rgb(180, 38, 72)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 57.19, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 59.46, 15.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% 0.1723 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.177 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6873, 11.5605, 7.2717)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42648 #26B492

analogous

#B4268F #B42648 #B44B26

triadic

#B42648 #48B426 #2648B4

tetradic

#B42648 #8FB426 #26B492 #4B26B4

square

#B42648 #8FB426 #26B492 #4B26B4

split-complementary

#B42648 #26B44B #268FB4

monochromatic

#4F1120 #811B34 #B42648 #D74064 #E1738D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#B42648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B42648 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42648

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42648	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 38, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.177 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26f7a',
    500: '#b42648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42648;
$custom-light: #d26f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.634,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50967,
    "c": 0.17692,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42648

secondary

#6DC9B3

accent

#E8C040

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42648

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

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