#B42C18#B42C18

#B42C18 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.176 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42C18
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 24)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 53.18, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 69.19, 39.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1498 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.176 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8904, 11.5738, 2.0506)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42C18 #18A0B4

analogous

#B41852 #B42C18 #B47A18

triadic

#B42C18 #18B42C #2C18B4

tetradic

#B42C18 #52B418 #18A0B4 #7A18B4

square

#B42C18 #52B418 #18A0B4 #7A18B4

split-complementary

#B42C18 #18B47A #1852B4

monochromatic

#48120A #7E1F11 #B42C18 #E23F27 #E96F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#B42C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B42C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42C18

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42C18	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)

#564C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786A0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.176 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47058',
    500: '#b42c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42c18;
$custom-light: #d47058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50773,
    "c": 0.17558,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42C18

secondary

#5BBFCD

accent

#DBF335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42C18

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

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