#B42D19#B42D19

#B42D19 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.175 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D19
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 25)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 52.87, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 68.71, 39.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.1489 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.175 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9387, 11.6534, 2.1190)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D19 #19A0B4

analogous

#B41952 #B42D19 #B47A19

triadic

#B42D19 #19B42D #2D19B4

tetradic

#B42D19 #52B419 #19A0B4 #7A19B4

square

#B42D19 #52B419 #19A0B4 #7A19B4

split-complementary

#B42D19 #19B47A #1952B4

monochromatic

#49120A #7E2012 #B42D19 #E14129 #E9705F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B42D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B42D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D19

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D19	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)

#574D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.175 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47059',
    500: '#b42d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d19;
$custom-light: #d47059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50872,
    "c": 0.17466,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D19

secondary

#5CBECD

accent

#DAF236

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D19

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

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