#B42A35#B42A35

#B42A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.174 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42A35
RGB	rgb(180, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.60, 54.87, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.60, 61.70, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.1609 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.174 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2953, 11.6194, 4.5416)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42A35 #2AB4A9

analogous

#B42A7A #B42A35 #B4642A

triadic

#B42A35 #35B42A #2A35B4

tetradic

#B42A35 #7AB42A #2AB4A9 #642AB4

square

#B42A35 #7AB42A #2AB4A9 #642AB4

split-complementary

#B42A35 #2AB464 #2A7AB4

monochromatic

#511318 #821E26 #B42A35 #D44752 #E07981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#B42A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B42A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42A35

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42A35	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.174 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3706c',
    500: '#b42a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42a35;
$custom-light: #d3706c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50927,
    "c": 0.17364,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42A35

secondary

#72C8C1

accent

#E5D843

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42A35

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

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