#B42C39#B42C39

#B42C39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.172 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42C39
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.90, 54.41, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.90, 60.37, 25.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% 0.1604 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.172 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4639, 11.8032, 5.0708)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42C39 #2CB4A7

analogous

#B42C7D #B42C39 #B4632C

triadic

#B42C39 #39B42C #2C39B4

tetradic

#B42C39 #7DB42C #2CB4A7 #632CB4

square

#B42C39 #7DB42C #2CB4A7 #632CB4

split-complementary

#B42C39 #2CB463 #2C7DB4

monochromatic

#52141A #832029 #B42C39 #D34A57 #DF7C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#B42C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42C39

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42C39	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.172 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2716f',
    500: '#b42c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42c39;
$custom-light: #d2716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.265,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51167,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42C39

secondary

#75C7BF

accent

#E4D544

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42C39

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

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