#B42F50#B42F50

#B42F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.169 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B42F50
RGB	rgb(180, 47, 80)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 55.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 54.87, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 56.36, 13.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1661 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.169 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2889, 12.3185, 8.8446)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B42F50 #2FB493

analogous

#B42F92 #B42F50 #B4512F

triadic

#B42F50 #50B42F #2F50B4

tetradic

#B42F50 #92B42F #2FB493 #512FB4

square

#B42F50 #92B42F #2FB493 #512FB4

split-complementary

#B42F50 #2FB451 #2F92B4

monochromatic

#531625 #83223A #B42F50 #D14F6F #DE8097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#B42F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B42F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B42F50

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B42F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B42F50	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5083D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b42f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 47, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.169 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17380',
    500: '#b42f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b42f50;
$custom-light: #d17380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b42f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.113,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51918,
    "c": 0.16928,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B42F50

secondary

#78C7B3

accent

#E2BB46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B42F50

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

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