#B43342#B43342

#B43342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.165 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43342
RGB	rgb(180, 51, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 52.45, 21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 56.85, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.156 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.165 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9917, 12.4673, 6.4543)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43342 #33B4A5

analogous

#B43383 #B43342 #B46433

triadic

#B43342 #42B433 #3342B4

tetradic

#B43342 #83B433 #33B4A5 #6433B4

square

#B43342 #83B433 #33B4A5 #6433B4

split-complementary

#B43342 #33B464 #3383B4

monochromatic

#55181F #842531 #B43342 #CF5563 #DC858F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B43342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B43342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43342

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43342	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 51, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.165 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17476',
    500: '#b43342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43342;
$custom-light: #d17476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.023,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51997,
    "c": 0.16464,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43342

secondary

#7DC6BD

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43342

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

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