#B42E4D#B42E4D

#B42E4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.170 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E4D
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 77)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 57.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 54.99, 14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 56.87, 14.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.1661 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.17 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1410, 12.1961, 8.2606)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E4D #2EB495

analogous

#B42E90 #B42E4D #B4522E

triadic

#B42E4D #4DB42E #2E4DB4

tetradic

#B42E4D #90B42E #2EB495 #522EB4

square

#B42E4D #90B42E #2EB495 #522EB4

split-complementary

#B42E4D #2EB452 #2E90B4

monochromatic

#531523 #832238 #B42E4D #D24E6C #DE7E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B42E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B42E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E4D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E4D	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51504D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5023B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.170 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1727e',
    500: '#b42e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e4d;
$custom-light: #d1727e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.119,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51754,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E4D

secondary

#77C7B4

accent

#E2BE45

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E4D

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

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