#B43243#B43243

#B43243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.166 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43243
RGB	rgb(180, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, 52.88, 21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 56.96, 21.81°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1575 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.166 18)
XYZ	xyz(20.9783, 12.3928, 6.5965)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43243 #32B4A3

analogous

#B43284 #B43243 #B46232

triadic

#B43243 #43B432 #3243B4

tetradic

#B43243 #84B432 #32B4A3 #6232B4

square

#B43243 #84B432 #32B4A3 #6232B4

split-complementary

#B43243 #32B462 #3284B4

monochromatic

#54171F #842531 #B43243 #CF5464 #DD848F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#B43243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B43243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43243

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43243	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.166 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17477',
    500: '#b43243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43243;
$custom-light: #d17477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.154,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51916,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.1239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43243

secondary

#7CC6BC

accent

#E0CC48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43243

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

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