#B42D2E#B42D2E

#B42D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.172 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D2E
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(360, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(360, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 53.55, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 62.76, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.1552 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.172 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2563, 11.7805, 3.7915)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D2E #2DB4B3

analogous

#B42D71 #B42D2E #B4702D

triadic

#B42D2E #2EB42D #2D2EB4

tetradic

#B42D2E #71B42D #2DB4B3 #702DB4

square

#B42D2E #71B42D #2DB4B3 #702DB4

split-complementary

#B42D2E #2DB470 #2D71B4

monochromatic

#521515 #832121 #B42D2E #D24C4D #DE7D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B42D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D2E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D2E	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.172 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37167',
    500: '#b42d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d2e;
$custom-light: #d37167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.556,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5109,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D2E

secondary

#76C7C6

accent

#E3E245

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D2E

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

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