#B42F41#B42F41

#B42F41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.169 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42F41
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 65)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 53.84, 21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 58.10, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.59% 0.1602 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(51.59% 0.169 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7952, 12.1210, 6.2446)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42F41 #2FB4A2

analogous

#B42F83 #B42F41 #B4602F

triadic

#B42F41 #41B42F #2F41B4

tetradic

#B42F41 #83B42F #2FB4A2 #602FB4

square

#B42F41 #83B42F #2FB4A2 #602FB4

split-complementary

#B42F41 #2FB460 #2F83B4

monochromatic

#53161E #83222F #B42F41 #D14F61 #DE808C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B42F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B42F41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42F41

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42F41	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.169 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27275',
    500: '#b42f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42f41;
$custom-light: #d27275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.88,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51588,
    "c": 0.16858,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42F41

secondary

#78C7BC

accent

#E2CD46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42F41

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

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