#B42B3D#B42B3D

#B42B3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.172 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42B3D
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 61)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 66.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 54.96, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 59.82, 23.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.163 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.172 19)
XYZ	xyz(20.5308, 11.7711, 5.6050)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42B3D #2BB4A2

analogous

#B42B81 #B42B3D #B45D2B

triadic

#B42B3D #3DB42B #2B3DB4

tetradic

#B42B3D #81B42B #2BB4A2 #5D2BB4

square

#B42B3D #81B42B #2BB4A2 #5D2BB4

split-complementary

#B42B3D #2BB45D #2B81B4

monochromatic

#51131C #831F2C #B42B3D #D3495B #DF7A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B42B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B42B3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42B3D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42B3D	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.172 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27072',
    500: '#b42b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42b3d;
$custom-light: #d27072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.117,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51151,
    "c": 0.17234,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.11768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42B3D

secondary

#73C7BC

accent

#E5CF43

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42B3D

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

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