#B42E48#B42E48

#B42E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.170 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E48
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 72)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(348, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 54.64, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 57.37, 17.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.1641 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.17 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9712, 12.1282, 7.3663)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E48 #2EB49A

analogous

#B42E8B #B42E48 #B4572E

triadic

#B42E48 #48B42E #2E48B4

tetradic

#B42E48 #8BB42E #2EB49A #572EB4

square

#B42E48 #8BB42E #2EB49A #572EB4

split-complementary

#B42E48 #2EB457 #2E8BB4

monochromatic

#531521 #832235 #B42E48 #D24E67 #DE7E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B42E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B42E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E48

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E48	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.170 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1727a',
    500: '#b42e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e48;
$custom-light: #d1727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.358,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5164,
    "c": 0.16963,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E48

secondary

#77C7B7

accent

#E2C445

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E48

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

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