#B42B49#B42B49

#B42B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.173 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42B49
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 73)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 55.71, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 58.08, 16.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.1677 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.173 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8910, 11.9151, 7.5019)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42B49 #2BB496

analogous

#B42B8D #B42B49 #B4512B

triadic

#B42B49 #49B42B #2B49B4

tetradic

#B42B49 #8DB42B #2BB496 #512BB4

square

#B42B49 #8DB42B #2BB496 #512BB4

split-complementary

#B42B49 #2BB451 #2B8DB4

monochromatic

#511321 #831F35 #B42B49 #D34967 #DF7A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#B42B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B42B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42B49

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42B49	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.173 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1717b',
    500: '#b42b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42b49;
$custom-light: #d1717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.861,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51397,
    "c": 0.17254,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42B49

secondary

#73C7B5

accent

#E5C143

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42B49

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

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