#B42916#B42916

#B42916 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.178 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42916
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 54.13, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 70.31, 39.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.1524 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.178 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7626, 11.3503, 1.9092)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42916 #16A1B4

analogous

#B41652 #B42916 #B47816

triadic

#B42916 #16B429 #2916B4

tetradic

#B42916 #52B416 #16A1B4 #7816B4

square

#B42916 #52B416 #16A1B4 #7816B4

split-complementary

#B42916 #16B478 #1652B4

monochromatic

#471009 #7D1D0F #B42916 #E43A23 #EB6B5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#B42916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B42916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42916

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42916	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.178 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56f57',
    500: '#b42916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42916;
$custom-light: #d56f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.215,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50496,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42916

secondary

#58C0CE

accent

#DDF533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42916

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

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