#B42E3C#B42E3C

#B42E3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.170 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E3C
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 60)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 66.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 53.89, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 59.27, 24.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% 0.1594 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.17 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6172, 11.9866, 5.5021)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E3C #2EB4A6

analogous

#B42E7F #B42E3C #B4632E

triadic

#B42E3C #3CB42E #2E3CB4

tetradic

#B42E3C #7FB42E #2EB4A6 #632EB4

square

#B42E3C #7FB42E #2EB4A6 #632EB4

split-complementary

#B42E3C #2EB463 #2E7FB4

monochromatic

#53151C #83222C #B42E3C #D24E5B #DE7E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B42E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42E3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E3C

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E3C	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.170 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27271',
    500: '#b42e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e3c;
$custom-light: #d27271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.731,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51401,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E3C

secondary

#77C7BE

accent

#E2D245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E3C

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

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