#B42E18#B42E18

#B42E18 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.174 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E18
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 24)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 52.50, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 68.80, 40.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.1476 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.174 32)
XYZ	xyz(19.9667, 11.7264, 2.0761)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E18 #189EB4

analogous

#B41850 #B42E18 #B47C18

triadic

#B42E18 #18B42E #2E18B4

tetradic

#B42E18 #50B418 #189EB4 #7C18B4

square

#B42E18 #50B418 #189EB4 #7C18B4

split-complementary

#B42E18 #18B47C #1850B4

monochromatic

#48120A #7E2011 #B42E18 #E24127 #E9715D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B42E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B42E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E18

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E18	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.174 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47158',
    500: '#b42e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e18;
$custom-light: #d47158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.462,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50958,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.11723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E18

secondary

#5BBDCD

accent

#D8F335

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160803

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E18

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

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