#B42919#B42919

#B42919 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.178 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42919
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 25)
HSL	hsl(6, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 54.19, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 69.48, 38.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% 0.1531 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.178 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7933, 11.3626, 2.0705)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42919 #19A4B4

analogous

#B41956 #B42919 #B47719

triadic

#B42919 #19B429 #2919B4

tetradic

#B42919 #56B419 #19A4B4 #7719B4

square

#B42919 #56B419 #19A4B4 #7719B4

split-complementary

#B42919 #19B477 #1956B4

monochromatic

#49110A #7E1D12 #B42919 #E13C29 #E96D5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#B42919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B42919 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42919

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42919	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)

#554B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.178 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46f59',
    500: '#b42919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42919;
$custom-light: #d46f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.194,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50517,
    "c": 0.17771,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42919

secondary

#5CC1CD

accent

#DFF236

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42919

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

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