#B42932#B42932

#B42932 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.175 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42932
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 50)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 55.04, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 62.62, 28.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% 0.1608 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.175 23)
XYZ	xyz(20.1934, 11.5226, 4.1778)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42932 #29B4AB

analogous

#B42977 #B42932 #B46529

triadic

#B42932 #32B429 #2932B4

tetradic

#B42932 #77B429 #29B4AB #6529B4

square

#B42932 #77B429 #29B4AB #6529B4

split-complementary

#B42932 #29B465 #2977B4

monochromatic

#501216 #821E24 #B42932 #D5454F #E0777E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B42932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B42932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42932

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42932	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)

#534C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.175 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36f6a',
    500: '#b42932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42932;
$custom-light: #d36f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.115,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50796,
    "c": 0.17471,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.11519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42932

secondary

#71C8C2

accent

#E6DB42

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42932

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

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