#B42918#B42918

#B42918 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.178 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42918
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 24)
HSL	hsl(7, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 54.17, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 69.76, 39.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% 0.1528 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.178 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7827, 11.3583, 2.0147)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42918 #18A3B4

analogous

#B41855 #B42918 #B47718

triadic

#B42918 #18B429 #2918B4

tetradic

#B42918 #55B418 #18A3B4 #7718B4

square

#B42918 #55B418 #18A3B4 #7718B4

split-complementary

#B42918 #18B477 #1855B4

monochromatic

#48100A #7E1D11 #B42918 #E23B27 #E96C5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#B42918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B42918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42918

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42918	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)

#554B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.178 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56f58',
    500: '#b42918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42918;
$custom-light: #d56f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.538,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5051,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42918

secondary

#5BC1CD

accent

#DEF335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42918

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

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