#B42B41#B42B41

#B42B41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.172 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42B41
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 65)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 55.19, 21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 59.13, 21.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.23% 0.1645 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(51.23% 0.172 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6426, 11.8158, 6.1937)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42B41 #2BB49E

analogous

#B42B85 #B42B41 #B4592B

triadic

#B42B41 #41B42B #2B41B4

tetradic

#B42B41 #85B42B #2BB49E #592BB4

square

#B42B41 #85B42B #2BB49E #592BB4

split-complementary

#B42B41 #2BB459 #2B85B4

monochromatic

#51131D #831F2F #B42B41 #D3495F #DF7A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#B42B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42B41

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42B41	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.172 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27075',
    500: '#b42b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42b41;
$custom-light: #d27075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.365,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51227,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42B41

secondary

#73C7BA

accent

#E5CB43

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42B41

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

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