#B42F47#B42F47

#B42F47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.169 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42F47
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 71)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 60.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 54.22, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 57.22, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.1626 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.169 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9783, 12.1943, 7.2091)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42F47 #2FB49C

analogous

#B42F8A #B42F47 #B45A2F

triadic

#B42F47 #47B42F #2F47B4

tetradic

#B42F47 #8AB42F #2FB49C #5A2FB4

square

#B42F47 #8AB42F #2FB49C #5A2FB4

split-complementary

#B42F47 #2FB45A #2F8AB4

monochromatic

#531621 #832234 #B42F47 #D14F67 #DE8091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B42F47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B42F47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42F47

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42F47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42F47	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)

#535047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42f47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.169 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1727a',
    500: '#b42f47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42f47;
$custom-light: #d1727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42f47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.173,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51711,
    "c": 0.16862,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42F47

secondary

#78C7B8

accent

#E2C646

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42F47

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

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