#B42D46#B42D46

#B42D46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.171 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42D46
RGB	rgb(180, 45, 70)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 61.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 54.84, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 57.89, 18.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1644 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.171 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8684, 12.0253, 7.0154)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42D46 #2DB49B

analogous

#B42D8A #B42D46 #B4582D

triadic

#B42D46 #46B42D #2D46B4

tetradic

#B42D46 #8AB42D #2DB49B #582DB4

square

#B42D46 #8AB42D #2DB49B #582DB4

split-complementary

#B42D46 #2DB458 #2D8AB4

monochromatic

#521520 #832133 #B42D46 #D24C65 #DE7D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B42D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42D46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42D46

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42D46	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)

#524F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 45, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.171 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17179',
    500: '#b42d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42d46;
$custom-light: #d17179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.889,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51506,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42D46

secondary

#76C7B8

accent

#E3C645

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42D46

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

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