#B42E38#B42E38

#B42E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.170 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E38
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 53.68, 27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 60.11, 26.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1578 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.17 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5155, 11.9459, 4.9662)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E38 #2EB4AA

analogous

#B42E7B #B42E38 #B4672E

triadic

#B42E38 #38B42E #2E38B4

tetradic

#B42E38 #7BB42E #2EB4AA #672EB4

square

#B42E38 #7BB42E #2EB4AA #672EB4

split-complementary

#B42E38 #2EB467 #2E7BB4

monochromatic

#53151A #832229 #B42E38 #D24E57 #DE7E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B42E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B42E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E38

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E38	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.170 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2716e',
    500: '#b42e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e38;
$custom-light: #d2716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51332,
    "c": 0.16993,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E38

secondary

#77C7C1

accent

#E2D745

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E38

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

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