#B42C26#B42C26

#B42C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.174 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42C26
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 78.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 53.58, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 65.18, 34.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% 0.1536 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.174 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0753, 11.6478, 3.0245)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42C26 #26AEB4

analogous

#B42667 #B42C26 #B47326

triadic

#B42C26 #26B42C #2C26B4

tetradic

#B42C26 #67B426 #26AEB4 #7326B4

square

#B42C26 #67B426 #26AEB4 #7326B4

split-complementary

#B42C26 #26B473 #2667B4

monochromatic

#4F1311 #81201B #B42C26 #D74740 #E17873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B42C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B42C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42C26

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42C26	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.174 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47061',
    500: '#b42c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42c26;
$custom-light: #d47061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.535,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50901,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42C26

secondary

#6DC5C9

accent

#E1E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42C26

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

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