#B0252D#B0252D

#B0252D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.174 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0252D
RGB	rgb(176, 37, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 74.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.15, 54.86, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.15, 63.10, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% 0.1596 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.174 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0420, 10.7457, 3.5536)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0252D #25B0A8

analogous

#B02573 #B0252D #B06325

triadic

#B0252D #2DB025 #252DB0

tetradic

#B0252D #73B025 #25B0A8 #6325B0

square

#B0252D #73B025 #25B0A8 #6325B0

split-complementary

#B0252D #25B063 #2573B0

monochromatic

#4B1013 #7D1A20 #B0252D #D63C45 #E16F75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#B0252D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#B0252D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0252D

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0252D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0252D	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0252d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 37, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.174 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d66',
    500: '#b0252d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0252d;
$custom-light: #d06d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0252d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.547,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49669,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0252D

secondary

#6AC7C2

accent

#E8DF40

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0252D

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

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