#B42E45#B42E45

#B42E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.170 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E45
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 54.44, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 57.76, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% 0.1629 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.17 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8757, 12.0900, 6.8634)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E45 #2EB49D

analogous

#B42E88 #B42E45 #B45A2E

triadic

#B42E45 #45B42E #2E45B4

tetradic

#B42E45 #88B42E #2EB49D #5A2EB4

square

#B42E45 #88B42E #2EB49D #5A2EB4

split-complementary

#B42E45 #2EB45A #2E88B4

monochromatic

#531520 #832232 #B42E45 #D24E64 #DE7E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B42E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B42E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E45

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E45	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)

#535045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.170 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27278',
    500: '#b42e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e45;
$custom-light: #d27278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.701,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51576,
    "c": 0.16954,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E45

secondary

#77C7B9

accent

#E2C745

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E45

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

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