#B42936#B42936

#B42936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.174 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42936
RGB	rgb(180, 41, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 55.23, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 61.70, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.1623 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.174 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2835, 11.5586, 4.6523)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42936 #29B4A7

analogous

#B4297C #B42936 #B46129

triadic

#B42936 #36B429 #2936B4

tetradic

#B42936 #7CB429 #29B4A7 #6129B4

square

#B42936 #7CB429 #29B4A7 #6129B4

split-complementary

#B42936 #29B461 #297CB4

monochromatic

#501218 #821E27 #B42936 #D54553 #E07781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#B42936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B42936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42936

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42936	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 41, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.174 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36f6d',
    500: '#b42936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42936;
$custom-light: #d36f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.388,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50859,
    "c": 0.1744,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42936

secondary

#71C8C0

accent

#E6D742

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42936

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →