#B42A4A#B42A4A

#B42A4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.174 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42A4A
RGB	rgb(180, 42, 74)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 58.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 56.10, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 58.25, 15.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1691 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.174 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8885, 11.8567, 7.6659)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42A4A #2AB494

analogous

#B42A8F #B42A4A #B44F2A

triadic

#B42A4A #4AB42A #2A4AB4

tetradic

#B42A4A #8FB42A #2AB494 #4F2AB4

square

#B42A4A #8FB42A #2AB494 #4F2AB4

split-complementary

#B42A4A #2AB44F #2A8FB4

monochromatic

#511321 #821E36 #B42A4A #D44768 #E07991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B42A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B42A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42A4A

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42A4A	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 42, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.174 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1707c',
    500: '#b42a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42a4a;
$custom-light: #d1707c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.087,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51334,
    "c": 0.17354,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42A4A

secondary

#72C8B4

accent

#E5C043

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42A4A

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

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