#B42C2E#B42C2E

#B42C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.173 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42C2E
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, 53.89, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 62.98, 31.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.1563 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.173 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2186, 11.7051, 3.7789)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42C2E #2CB4B2

analogous

#B42C72 #B42C2E #B46E2C

triadic

#B42C2E #2EB42C #2C2EB4

tetradic

#B42C2E #72B42C #2CB4B2 #6E2CB4

square

#B42C2E #72B42C #2CB4B2 #6E2CB4

split-complementary

#B42C2E #2CB46E #2C72B4

monochromatic

#521415 #832021 #B42C2E #D34A4C #DF7C7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#B42C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B42C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42C2E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42C2E	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.173 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37067',
    500: '#b42c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42c2e;
$custom-light: #d37067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.118,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50999,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42C2E

secondary

#75C7C6

accent

#E4E144

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42C2E

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

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