#B42E30#B42E30

#B42E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.171 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E30
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 53.29, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 62.02, 30.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.1548 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.171 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3352, 11.8738, 4.0169)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E30 #2EB4B2

analogous

#B42E73 #B42E30 #B46F2E

triadic

#B42E30 #30B42E #2E30B4

tetradic

#B42E30 #73B42E #2EB4B2 #6F2EB4

square

#B42E30 #73B42E #2EB4B2 #6F2EB4

split-complementary

#B42E30 #2EB46F #2E73B4

monochromatic

#531516 #832223 #B42E30 #D24E50 #DE7E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B42E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B42E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E30

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E30	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.171 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37168',
    500: '#b42e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e30;
$custom-light: #d37168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5121,
    "c": 0.17072,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E30

secondary

#77C7C6

accent

#E2E045

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E30

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

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