#B42E3A#B42E3A

#B42E3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.170 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E3A
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 58)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 53.78, 25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 59.68, 25.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.1586 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.17 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5654, 11.9659, 5.2289)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E3A #2EB4A8

analogous

#B42E7D #B42E3A #B4652E

triadic

#B42E3A #3AB42E #2E3AB4

tetradic

#B42E3A #7DB42E #2EB4A8 #652EB4

square

#B42E3A #7DB42E #2EB4A8 #652EB4

split-complementary

#B42E3A #2EB465 #2E7DB4

monochromatic

#53151B #83222A #B42E3A #D24E59 #DE7E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B42E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B42E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E3A

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E3A	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)

#544F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.170 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27270',
    500: '#b42e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e3a;
$custom-light: #d27270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.627,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51366,
    "c": 0.16979,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E3A

secondary

#77C7C0

accent

#E2D445

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E3A

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

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