#B42E3E#B42E3E

#B42E3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.170 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E3E
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 62)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 54.01, 23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 58.89, 23.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.1601 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.17 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6711, 12.0082, 5.7859)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E3E #2EB4A4

analogous

#B42E81 #B42E3E #B4612E

triadic

#B42E3E #3EB42E #2E3EB4

tetradic

#B42E3E #81B42E #2EB4A4 #612EB4

square

#B42E3E #81B42E #2EB4A4 #612EB4

split-complementary

#B42E3E #2EB461 #2E81B4

monochromatic

#53151C #83222D #B42E3E #D24E5D #DE7E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B42E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B42E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E3E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E3E	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.170 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27273',
    500: '#b42e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e3e;
$custom-light: #d27273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.836,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51438,
    "c": 0.1696,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E3E

secondary

#77C7BD

accent

#E2D045

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E3E

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

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