#B42D45#B42D45

#B42D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.170 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D45
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 54.78, 19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 58.03, 19.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.164 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.17 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8371, 12.0128, 6.8506)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D45 #2DB49C

analogous

#B42D89 #B42D45 #B4582D

triadic

#B42D45 #45B42D #2D45B4

tetradic

#B42D45 #89B42D #2DB49C #582DB4

square

#B42D45 #89B42D #2DB49C #582DB4

split-complementary

#B42D45 #2DB458 #2D89B4

monochromatic

#52151F #832132 #B42D45 #D24C64 #DE7D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B42D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D45

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D45	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.170 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27178',
    500: '#b42d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d45;
$custom-light: #d27178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51485,
    "c": 0.17048,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D45

secondary

#76C7B9

accent

#E3C745

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D45

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

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