#B42E2A#B42E2A

#B42E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.171 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E2A
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 53.05, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 63.63, 33.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.1528 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.171 27)
XYZ	xyz(20.2197, 11.8276, 3.4083)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E2A #2AB0B4

analogous

#B42A6B #B42E2A #B4732A

triadic

#B42E2A #2AB42E #2E2AB4

tetradic

#B42E2A #6BB42A #2AB0B4 #732AB4

square

#B42E2A #6BB42A #2AB0B4 #732AB4

split-complementary

#B42E2A #2AB473 #2A6BB4

monochromatic

#511513 #82211E #B42E2A #D44B47 #E07C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#B42E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B42E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E2A

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E2A	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)

#564E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.171 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37164',
    500: '#b42e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e2a;
$custom-light: #d37164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.739,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51131,
    "c": 0.17148,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.11824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E2A

secondary

#72C5C8

accent

#E1E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E2A

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

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