#B42A4C#B42A4C

#B42A4C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.174 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42A4C
RGB	rgb(180, 42, 76)
HSL	hsl(345, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(345, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 57.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 56.24, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 58.07, 14.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% 0.1699 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.174 12)
XYZ	xyz(20.9569, 11.8841, 8.0264)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42A4C #2AB492

analogous

#B42A91 #B42A4C #B44D2A

triadic

#B42A4C #4CB42A #2A4CB4

tetradic

#B42A4C #91B42A #2AB492 #4D2AB4

square

#B42A4C #91B42A #2AB492 #4D2AB4

split-complementary

#B42A4C #2AB44D #2A91B4

monochromatic

#511322 #821E37 #B42A4C #D4476A #E07992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B42A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B42A4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42A4C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42A4C	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 42, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.174 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1707d',
    500: '#b42a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42a4c;
$custom-light: #d1707d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51381,
    "c": 0.17372,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.11881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42A4C

secondary

#72C8B3

accent

#E5BD43

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42A4C

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

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