#B42D3E#B42D3E

#B42D3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.171 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D3E
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 62)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, 54.35, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 59.14, 23.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1612 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.171 19)
XYZ	xyz(20.6325, 11.9310, 5.7730)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D3E #2DB4A3

analogous

#B42D82 #B42D3E #B45F2D

triadic

#B42D3E #3EB42D #2D3EB4

tetradic

#B42D3E #82B42D #2DB4A3 #5F2DB4

square

#B42D3E #82B42D #2DB4A3 #5F2DB4

split-complementary

#B42D3E #2DB45F #2D82B4

monochromatic

#52151C #83212D #B42D3E #D24C5D #DE7D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B42D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B42D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D3E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D3E	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.171 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27173',
    500: '#b42d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d3e;
$custom-light: #d27173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.444,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51346,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.11928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D3E

secondary

#76C7BD

accent

#E3CF45

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D3E

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

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