#B42E33#B42E33

#B42E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.170 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E33
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 51)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 53.43, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 61.27, 29.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1559 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.17 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3992, 11.8994, 4.3540)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E33 #2EB4AF

analogous

#B42E76 #B42E33 #B46C2E

triadic

#B42E33 #33B42E #2E33B4

tetradic

#B42E33 #76B42E #2EB4AF #6C2EB4

square

#B42E33 #76B42E #2EB4AF #6C2EB4

split-complementary

#B42E33 #2EB46C #2E76B4

monochromatic

#531517 #832225 #B42E33 #D24E52 #DE7E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#B42E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B42E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E33

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E33	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.170 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3716b',
    500: '#b42e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e33;
$custom-light: #d3716b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.761,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51253,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E33

secondary

#77C7C4

accent

#E2DD45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E33

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

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