#B42845#B42845

#B42845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.175 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42845
RGB	rgb(180, 40, 69)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 56.39, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 59.31, 18.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.1692 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.175 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6575, 11.6536, 6.7907)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42845 #28B497

analogous

#B4288B #B42845 #B45128

triadic

#B42845 #45B428 #2845B4

tetradic

#B42845 #8BB428 #28B497 #5128B4

square

#B42845 #8BB428 #28B497 #5128B4

split-complementary

#B42845 #28B451 #288BB4

monochromatic

#50121F #821D32 #B42845 #D54462 #E1768C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B42845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B42845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42845

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42845	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 40, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.175 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26f78',
    500: '#b42845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42845;
$custom-light: #d26f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51058,
    "c": 0.17502,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42845

secondary

#70C8B6

accent

#E7C441

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42845

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

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