#B43842#B43842

#B43842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.160 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B43842
RGB	rgb(180, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.9%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 50.51, 22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 55.44, 24.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1498 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.16 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2221, 12.9280, 6.5311)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B43842 #38B4AA

analogous

#B43880 #B43842 #B46C38

triadic

#B43842 #42B438 #3842B4

tetradic

#B43842 #80B438 #38B4AA #6C38B4

square

#B43842 #80B438 #38B4AA #6C38B4

split-complementary

#B43842 #38B46C #3880B4

monochromatic

#571B20 #852931 #B43842 #CD5D66 #DB8B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B43842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B43842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B43842

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B43842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B43842	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5183D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b43842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.160 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17676',
    500: '#b43842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b43842;
$custom-light: #d17676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b43842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.161,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52522,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B43842

secondary

#82C5C0

accent

#DCD04C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B43842

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

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