#B42D33#B42D33

#B42D33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.171 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D33
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 51)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 53.77, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 61.50, 29.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.157 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.171 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3606, 11.8222, 4.3412)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D33 #2DB4AE

analogous

#B42D77 #B42D33 #B46B2D

triadic

#B42D33 #33B42D #2D33B4

tetradic

#B42D33 #77B42D #2DB4AE #6B2DB4

square

#B42D33 #77B42D #2DB4AE #6B2DB4

split-complementary

#B42D33 #2DB46B #2D77B4

monochromatic

#521517 #832125 #B42D33 #D24C52 #DE7D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#B42D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42D33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D33

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D33	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.171 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3716b',
    500: '#b42d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d33;
$custom-light: #d3716b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51161,
    "c": 0.17126,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D33

secondary

#76C7C3

accent

#E3DC45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D33

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

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