#B42E44#B42E44

#B42E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.170 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E44
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 54.37, 19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 57.90, 20.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1625 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.17 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8449, 12.0777, 6.7013)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E44 #2EB49E

analogous

#B42E87 #B42E44 #B45B2E

triadic

#B42E44 #44B42E #2E44B4

tetradic

#B42E44 #87B42E #2EB49E #5B2EB4

square

#B42E44 #87B42E #2EB49E #5B2EB4

split-complementary

#B42E44 #2EB45B #2E87B4

monochromatic

#53151F #832232 #B42E44 #D24E63 #DE7E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B42E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B42E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E44

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E44	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.170 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27277',
    500: '#b42e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e44;
$custom-light: #d27277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.149,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51555,
    "c": 0.16952,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E44

secondary

#77C7BA

accent

#E2C945

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E44

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

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