#B42C16#B42C16

#B42C16 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.176 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42C16
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 87.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 53.14, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 69.74, 40.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1493 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.176 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8704, 11.5658, 1.9451)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42C16 #169EB4

analogous

#B4164F #B42C16 #B47B16

triadic

#B42C16 #16B42C #2C16B4

tetradic

#B42C16 #4FB416 #169EB4 #7B16B4

square

#B42C16 #4FB416 #169EB4 #7B16B4

split-complementary

#B42C16 #16B47B #164FB4

monochromatic

#471109 #7D1F0F #B42C16 #E43E23 #EB6E5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#B42C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B42C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42C16

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42C16	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786A0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.176 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47057',
    500: '#b42c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42c16;
$custom-light: #d47057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.354,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50759,
    "c": 0.17583,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42C16

secondary

#58BECE

accent

#DAF533

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42C16

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

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