#B42B42#B42B42

#B42B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.172 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42B42
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 55.25, 20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 58.98, 20.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1649 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.172 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6718, 11.8275, 6.3476)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42B42 #2BB49D

analogous

#B42B86 #B42B42 #B4582B

triadic

#B42B42 #42B42B #2B42B4

tetradic

#B42B42 #86B42B #2BB49D #582BB4

square

#B42B42 #86B42B #2BB49D #582BB4

split-complementary

#B42B42 #2BB458 #2B86B4

monochromatic

#51131E #831F30 #B42B42 #D34960 #DF7A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#B42B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42B42

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42B42	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.172 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27076',
    500: '#b42b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42b42;
$custom-light: #d27076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.927,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51247,
    "c": 0.17229,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42B42

secondary

#73C7B9

accent

#E5C943

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42B42

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

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