#B42B4A#B42B4A

#B42B4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.173 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42B4A
RGB	rgb(180, 43, 74)
HSL	hsl(346, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 58.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 55.78, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 57.98, 15.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1681 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.173 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9244, 11.9285, 7.6779)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42B4A #2BB495

analogous

#B42B8E #B42B4A #B4502B

triadic

#B42B4A #4AB42B #2B4AB4

tetradic

#B42B4A #8EB42B #2BB495 #502BB4

square

#B42B4A #8EB42B #2BB495 #502BB4

split-complementary

#B42B4A #2BB450 #2B8EB4

monochromatic

#511321 #831F36 #B42B4A #D34968 #DF7A91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B42B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B42B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42B4A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42B4A	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 43, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.173 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1717c',
    500: '#b42b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42b4a;
$custom-light: #d1717c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.423,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51419,
    "c": 0.17262,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42B4A

secondary

#73C7B4

accent

#E5C043

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42B4A

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

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