#B42F2D#B42F2D

#B42F2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.170 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42F2D
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 45)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 52.81, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 62.59, 32.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.1527 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.17 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3149, 11.9289, 3.7150)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42F2D #2DB2B4

analogous

#B42D6F #B42F2D #B4732D

triadic

#B42F2D #2DB42F #2F2DB4

tetradic

#B42F2D #6FB42D #2DB2B4 #732DB4

square

#B42F2D #6FB42D #2DB2B4 #732DB4

split-complementary

#B42F2D #2DB473 #2D6FB4

monochromatic

#521515 #832221 #B42F2D #D24E4C #DE7E7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B42F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B42F2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42F2D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42F2D	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.170 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37266',
    500: '#b42f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42f2d;
$custom-light: #d37266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.889,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51263,
    "c": 0.17022,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42F2D

secondary

#76C6C7

accent

#E1E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42F2D

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

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