#B42D43#B42D43

#B42D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.170 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D43
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 67)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 54.65, 20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 58.31, 20.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.1632 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.17 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7761, 11.9884, 6.5291)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D43 #2DB49E

analogous

#B42D87 #B42D43 #B45B2D

triadic

#B42D43 #43B42D #2D43B4

tetradic

#B42D43 #87B42D #2DB49E #5B2DB4

square

#B42D43 #87B42D #2DB49E #5B2DB4

split-complementary

#B42D43 #2DB45B #2D87B4

monochromatic

#52151F #832131 #B42D43 #D24C62 #DE7D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B42D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42D43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D43

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D43	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.170 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27176',
    500: '#b42d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d43;
$custom-light: #d27176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.222,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51444,
    "c": 0.17045,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D43

secondary

#76C7BA

accent

#E3C945

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D43

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

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