#B42E39#B42E39

#B42E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.170 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E39
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 53.73, 26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 59.89, 26.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1582 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.17 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5402, 11.9558, 5.0963)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E39 #2EB4A9

analogous

#B42E7C #B42E39 #B4662E

triadic

#B42E39 #39B42E #2E39B4

tetradic

#B42E39 #7CB42E #2EB4A9 #662EB4

square

#B42E39 #7CB42E #2EB4A9 #662EB4

split-complementary

#B42E39 #2EB466 #2E7CB4

monochromatic

#53151A #83222A #B42E39 #D24E58 #DE7E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B42E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B42E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E39

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E39	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.170 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2726f',
    500: '#b42e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e39;
$custom-light: #d2726f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.075,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51349,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E39

secondary

#77C7C0

accent

#E2D645

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E39

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

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