#b42e46

Color #b42e46

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Brown #a52a2a · ΔE 13.35 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b42e46

RGB

rgb(180, 46, 70)

HSL

hsl(349.3, 59.3%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(349.3, 74.4%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 61.1%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(41.38, 54.5, 18.7)

LCH

lch(41.38, 57.62, 18.94)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.1696, 15.63)

HWB

hwb(349.3, 18%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2eb49c

Analogous

#b42e89

#b42e46

#b4592e

Triadic

#b42e46

#46b42e

#2e46b4

Split-complementary

#b42e46

#2eb459

#2e89b4

Tetradic

#b42e46

#b49c2e

#2eb49c

#2e46b4

Square

#b42e46

#89b42e

#2eb49c

#592eb4

Shades

Color #b42e46 mixed toward black.

#96263a

#781f2f

#5a1723

#3c0f17

#1e080c

Tints

Color #b42e46 mixed toward white.

#cf425b

#d8687c

#e28e9d

#ecb4be

#f5d9de

Tones

Color #b42e46 mixed toward gray.

#a9394d

#9e4454

#924f5b

#875b63

#7c666a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8d41 · ΔE 48.7

Deuteranopia

#949b40 · ΔE 54.3

Tritanopia

#b03d3c · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b42e46;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b42e46]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#b42e46 (#b42e46) is rgb(180, 46, 70) in RGB.

No, #b42e46 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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