#B42928#B42928

#B42928 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.176 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42928
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 40)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 77.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 54.64, 35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 65.22, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.1574 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.176 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0007, 11.4455, 3.1632)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42928 #28B3B4

analogous

#B4286D #B42928 #B46F28

triadic

#B42928 #28B429 #2928B4

tetradic

#B42928 #6DB428 #28B3B4 #6F28B4

square

#B42928 #6DB428 #28B3B4 #6F28B4

split-complementary

#B42928 #28B46F #286DB4

monochromatic

#501212 #821E1D #B42928 #D54544 #E17776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#B42928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B42928 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42928

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42928	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.176 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d46f62',
    500: '#b42928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42928;
$custom-light: #d46f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50662,
    "c": 0.1758,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42928

secondary

#70C7C8

accent

#E5E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42928

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

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