#B42727#B42727

#B42727 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.177 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42727
RGB	rgb(180, 39, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.09, 55.22, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.09, 65.89, 33.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.159 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.177 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9165, 11.3040, 3.0523)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42727 #27B4B4

analogous

#B4276D #B42727 #B46D27

triadic

#B42727 #27B427 #2727B4

tetradic

#B42727 #6DB427 #27B4B4 #6D27B4

square

#B42727 #6DB427 #27B4B4 #6D27B4

split-complementary

#B42727 #27B46D #276DB4

monochromatic

#4F1111 #821C1C #B42727 #D64242 #E17474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#B42727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B42727 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42727

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42727	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 39, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.177 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46e62',
    500: '#b42727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42727;
$custom-light: #d46e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50485,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42727

secondary

#6FC8C8

accent

#E7E740

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42727

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

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