#B42B46#B42B46

#B42B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.172 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42B46
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 70)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 61.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 55.51, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 58.42, 18.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1665 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.172 15)
XYZ	xyz(20.7939, 11.8763, 6.9906)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42B46 #2BB499

analogous

#B42B8A #B42B46 #B4542B

triadic

#B42B46 #46B42B #2B46B4

tetradic

#B42B46 #8AB42B #2BB499 #542BB4

square

#B42B46 #8AB42B #2BB499 #542BB4

split-complementary

#B42B46 #2BB454 #2B8AB4

monochromatic

#511320 #831F33 #B42B46 #D34964 #DF7A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B42B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B42B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42B46

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42B46	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.172 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27179',
    500: '#b42b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42b46;
$custom-light: #d27179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.175,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5133,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.11873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42B46

secondary

#73C7B7

accent

#E5C543

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42B46

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

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