#B43038#B43038

#B43038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.168 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43038
RGB	rgb(180, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, 52.97, 27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 59.62, 27.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% 0.1556 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.168 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5954, 12.1058, 4.9928)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43038 #30B4AC

analogous

#B4307A #B43038 #B46A30

triadic

#B43038 #38B430 #3038B4

tetradic

#B43038 #7AB430 #30B4AC #6A30B4

square

#B43038 #7AB430 #30B4AC #6A30B4

split-complementary

#B43038 #30B46A #307AB4

monochromatic

#53161A #842329 #B43038 #D15158 #DD8187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B43038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B43038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43038

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43038	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.168 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2726e',
    500: '#b43038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43038;
$custom-light: #d2726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51521,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43038

secondary

#79C6C2

accent

#E1D847

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43038

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

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