#B42849#B42849

#B42849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.175 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42849
RGB	rgb(180, 40, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, 56.66, 15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 58.86, 15.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.1708 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.175 13)
XYZ	xyz(20.7859, 11.7050, 7.4668)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42849 #28B493

analogous

#B4288F #B42849 #B44D28

triadic

#B42849 #49B428 #2849B4

tetradic

#B42849 #8FB428 #28B493 #4D28B4

square

#B42849 #8FB428 #28B493 #4D28B4

split-complementary

#B42849 #28B44D #288FB4

monochromatic

#501220 #821D35 #B42849 #D54466 #E1768F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#B42849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B42849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42849

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42849	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 40, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.175 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f7b',
    500: '#b42849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42849;
$custom-light: #d16f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51147,
    "c": 0.17527,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.11702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42849

secondary

#70C8B3

accent

#E7C041

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42849

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

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