#B42E47#B42E47

#B42E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.170 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E47
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 71)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 60.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, 54.57, 18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 57.49, 18.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1637 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.17 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9388, 12.1153, 7.1959)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E47 #2EB49B

analogous

#B42E8A #B42E47 #B4582E

triadic

#B42E47 #47B42E #2E47B4

tetradic

#B42E47 #8AB42E #2EB49B #582EB4

square

#B42E47 #8AB42E #2EB49B #582EB4

split-complementary

#B42E47 #2EB458 #2E8AB4

monochromatic

#531521 #832234 #B42E47 #D24E66 #DE7E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B42E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B42E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E47

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E47	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.170 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1727a',
    500: '#b42e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e47;
$custom-light: #d1727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.806,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51619,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E47

secondary

#77C7B8

accent

#E2C545

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E47

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

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