#B42E4E#B42E4E

#B42E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.170 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42E4E
RGB	rgb(180, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 55.06, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 56.79, 14.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1665 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.17 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1766, 12.2104, 8.4480)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42E4E #2EB494

analogous

#B42E91 #B42E4E #B4512E

triadic

#B42E4E #4EB42E #2E4EB4

tetradic

#B42E4E #91B42E #2EB494 #512EB4

square

#B42E4E #91B42E #2EB494 #512EB4

split-complementary

#B42E4E #2EB451 #2E91B4

monochromatic

#531524 #832239 #B42E4E #D24E6D #DE7E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#B42E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B42E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42E4E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42E4E	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51514E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5033B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.170 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1727f',
    500: '#b42e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42e4e;
$custom-light: #d1727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.672,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51778,
    "c": 0.17007,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42E4E

secondary

#77C7B4

accent

#E2BD45

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42E4E

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

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