#B42E36#B42E36

#B42E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.170 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E36
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 53.58, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 60.55, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1571 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.17 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4675, 11.9267, 4.7137)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E36 #2EB4AC

analogous

#B42E79 #B42E36 #B4692E

triadic

#B42E36 #36B42E #2E36B4

tetradic

#B42E36 #79B42E #2EB4AC #692EB4

square

#B42E36 #79B42E #2EB4AC #692EB4

split-complementary

#B42E36 #2EB469 #2E79B4

monochromatic

#531519 #832227 #B42E36 #D24E55 #DE7E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B42E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B42E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E36

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E36	1.00	6.20	3.38	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.170 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2716d',
    500: '#b42e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e36;
$custom-light: #d2716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.418,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.513,
    "c": 0.1701,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E36

secondary

#77C7C2

accent

#E2D945

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E36

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

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