#B42E35#B42E35

#B42E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.170 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E35
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 53.53, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 60.79, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% 0.1567 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.17 23)
XYZ	xyz(20.4443, 11.9174, 4.5913)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E35 #2EB4AD

analogous

#B42E78 #B42E35 #B46A2E

triadic

#B42E35 #35B42E #2E35B4

tetradic

#B42E35 #78B42E #2EB4AD #6A2EB4

square

#B42E35 #78B42E #2EB4AD #6A2EB4

split-complementary

#B42E35 #2EB46A #2E78B4

monochromatic

#531518 #832227 #B42E35 #D24E54 #DE7E83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#B42E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B42E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E35

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E35	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)

#554F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.170 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3716c',
    500: '#b42e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e35;
$custom-light: #d3716c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.866,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51284,
    "c": 0.17019,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.11914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E35

secondary

#77C7C3

accent

#E2DA45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E35

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

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