#B42C19#B42C19

#B42C19 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.175 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42C19
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 25)
HSL	hsl(7, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 53.21, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 68.91, 39.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.15 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.175 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9010, 11.5780, 2.1064)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42C19 #19A1B4

analogous

#B41953 #B42C19 #B47A19

triadic

#B42C19 #19B42C #2C19B4

tetradic

#B42C19 #53B419 #19A1B4 #7A19B4

square

#B42C19 #53B419 #19A1B4 #7A19B4

split-complementary

#B42C19 #19B47A #1953B4

monochromatic

#49120A #7E1F12 #B42C19 #E14029 #E9705F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#B42C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B42C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42C19

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42C19	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786A10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.175 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47059',
    500: '#b42c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42c19;
$custom-light: #d47059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.355,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5078,
    "c": 0.17545,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42C19

secondary

#5CBFCD

accent

#DBF236

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42C19

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

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