#B43229#B43229

#B43229 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.168 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43229
RGB	rgb(180, 50, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.45, 51.57, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.45, 63.04, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1479 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.168 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3656, 12.1477, 3.3698)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43229 #29ABB4

analogous

#B42965 #B43229 #B47729

triadic

#B43229 #29B432 #3229B4

tetradic

#B43229 #65B429 #29ABB4 #7729B4

square

#B43229 #65B429 #29ABB4 #7729B4

split-complementary

#B43229 #29B477 #2965B4

monochromatic

#501612 #82241E #B43229 #D54F45 #E07E77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B43229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B43229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43229

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43229	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 50, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.168 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37364',
    500: '#b43229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43229;
$custom-light: #d37364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51507,
    "c": 0.16818,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43229

secondary

#71C2C8

accent

#DBE642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43229

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

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