#B42D44#B42D44

#B42D44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.170 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D44
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.22, 54.71, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.22, 58.17, 19.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1636 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.17 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8063, 12.0005, 6.6885)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D44 #2DB49D

analogous

#B42D88 #B42D44 #B45A2D

triadic

#B42D44 #44B42D #2D44B4

tetradic

#B42D44 #88B42D #2DB49D #5A2DB4

square

#B42D44 #88B42D #2DB49D #5A2DB4

split-complementary

#B42D44 #2DB45A #2D88B4

monochromatic

#52151F #832132 #B42D44 #D24C63 #DE7D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B42D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42D44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D44

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D44	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)

#524F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.170 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27177',
    500: '#b42d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d44;
$custom-light: #d27177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.778,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51464,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D44

secondary

#76C7B9

accent

#E3C845

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D44

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

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