#B42C3D#B42C3D

#B42C3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.171 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42C3D
RGB	rgb(180, 44, 61)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 66.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 54.63, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 59.58, 23.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.1619 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.171 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5676, 11.8447, 5.6172)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42C3D #2CB4A3

analogous

#B42C81 #B42C3D #B45F2C

triadic

#B42C3D #3DB42C #2C3DB4

tetradic

#B42C3D #81B42C #2CB4A3 #5F2CB4

square

#B42C3D #81B42C #2CB4A3 #5F2CB4

split-complementary

#B42C3D #2CB45F #2C81B4

monochromatic

#52141C #83202C #B42C3D #D34A5B #DF7C88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B42C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B42C3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42C3D

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42C3D	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 44, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.171 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27172',
    500: '#b42c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42c3d;
$custom-light: #d27172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51238,
    "c": 0.17145,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42C3D

secondary

#75C7BD

accent

#E4D044

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42C3D

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

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