#B42E4A#B42E4A

#B42E4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.170 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E4A
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 74)
HSL	hsl(347, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 58.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, 54.77, 16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 57.15, 16.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1649 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.17 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0375, 12.1547, 7.7156)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E4A #2EB498

analogous

#B42E8D #B42E4A #B4552E

triadic

#B42E4A #4AB42E #2E4AB4

tetradic

#B42E4A #8DB42E #2EB498 #552EB4

square

#B42E4A #8DB42E #2EB498 #552EB4

split-complementary

#B42E4A #2EB455 #2E8DB4

monochromatic

#531522 #832236 #B42E4A #D24E69 #DE7E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B42E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B42E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E4A

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E4A	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52504A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.170 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1727c',
    500: '#b42e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e4a;
$custom-light: #d1727c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.463,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51685,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E4A

secondary

#77C7B6

accent

#E2C245

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E4A

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

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