#B42E29#B42E29

#B42E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.172 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E29
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 53.01, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 63.91, 33.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.1524 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.172 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2020, 11.8205, 3.3153)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E29 #29AFB4

analogous

#B42969 #B42E29 #B47329

triadic

#B42E29 #29B42E #2E29B4

tetradic

#B42E29 #69B429 #29AFB4 #7329B4

square

#B42E29 #69B429 #29AFB4 #7329B4

split-complementary

#B42E29 #29B473 #2969B4

monochromatic

#501512 #82211E #B42E29 #D54B45 #E07B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#B42E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E29

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E29	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.172 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37163',
    500: '#b42e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e29;
$custom-light: #d37163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51119,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E29

secondary

#71C5C8

accent

#E0E642

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E29

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

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