#B42D26#B42D26

#B42D26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.173 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D26
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 78.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 53.24, 37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 64.97, 34.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1526 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.173 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1130, 11.7232, 3.0371)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D26 #26ADB4

analogous

#B42666 #B42D26 #B47426

triadic

#B42D26 #26B42D #2D26B4

tetradic

#B42D26 #66B426 #26ADB4 #7426B4

square

#B42D26 #66B426 #26ADB4 #7426B4

split-complementary

#B42D26 #26B474 #2666B4

monochromatic

#4F1411 #81201B #B42D26 #D74840 #E17873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B42D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B42D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D26

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D26	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.173 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47161',
    500: '#b42d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d26;
$custom-light: #d47161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.958,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50992,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D26

secondary

#6DC4C9

accent

#E0E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D26

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

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