#B42930#B42930

#B42930 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.175 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42930
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 54.96, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 63.11, 29.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1601 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.175 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1512, 11.5057, 3.9555)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42930 #29B4AD

analogous

#B42976 #B42930 #B46729

triadic

#B42930 #30B429 #2930B4

tetradic

#B42930 #76B429 #29B4AD #6729B4

square

#B42930 #76B429 #29B4AD #6729B4

split-complementary

#B42930 #29B467 #2976B4

monochromatic

#501215 #821E23 #B42930 #D5454D #E0777D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B42930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B42930 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42930

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42930	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.175 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36f68',
    500: '#b42930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42930;
$custom-light: #d36f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.978,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50767,
    "c": 0.1749,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42930

secondary

#71C8C3

accent

#E6DE42

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42930

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

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