#B42D3C#B42D3C

#B42D3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.171 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D3C
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 60)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 66.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.07, 54.24, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.07, 59.52, 24.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.1604 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.171 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5786, 11.9094, 5.4893)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D3C #2DB4A5

analogous

#B42D80 #B42D3C #B4622D

triadic

#B42D3C #3CB42D #2D3CB4

tetradic

#B42D3C #80B42D #2DB4A5 #622DB4

square

#B42D3C #80B42D #2DB4A5 #622DB4

split-complementary

#B42D3C #2DB462 #2D80B4

monochromatic

#52151B #83212C #B42D3C #D24C5B #DE7D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#B42D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B42D3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D3C

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D3C	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.171 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27171',
    500: '#b42d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d3c;
$custom-light: #d27171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5131,
    "c": 0.17059,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D3C

secondary

#76C7BE

accent

#E3D245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D3C

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

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