#B42D2F#B42D2F

#B42D2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.172 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D2F
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 53.59, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 62.50, 30.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.1556 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.172 25)
XYZ	xyz(20.2762, 11.7884, 3.8965)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D2F #2DB4B2

analogous

#B42D73 #B42D2F #B46F2D

triadic

#B42D2F #2FB42D #2D2FB4

tetradic

#B42D2F #73B42D #2DB4B2 #6F2DB4

square

#B42D2F #73B42D #2DB4B2 #6F2DB4

split-complementary

#B42D2F #2DB46F #2D73B4

monochromatic

#521515 #832122 #B42D2F #D24C4E #DE7D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B42D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D2F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D2F	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)

#554E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.172 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37168',
    500: '#b42d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d2f;
$custom-light: #d37168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.111,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51103,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.11785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D2F

secondary

#76C7C6

accent

#E3E145

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D2F

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

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