#B0252E#B0252E

#B0252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.174 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0252E
RGB	rgb(176, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 73.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.16, 54.90, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.16, 62.84, 29.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.68% 0.16 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(49.68% 0.174 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0614, 10.7535, 3.6562)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0252E #25B0A7

analogous

#B02574 #B0252E #B06225

triadic

#B0252E #2EB025 #252EB0

tetradic

#B0252E #74B025 #25B0A7 #6225B0

square

#B0252E #74B025 #25B0A7 #6225B0

split-complementary

#B0252E #25B062 #2574B0

monochromatic

#4B1014 #7D1A21 #B0252E #D63C46 #E16F76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#B0252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#B0252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0252E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0252E	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)

#50492D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.174 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d67',
    500: '#b0252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0252e;
$custom-light: #d06d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.115,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49683,
    "c": 0.17434,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0252E

secondary

#6AC7C1

accent

#E8DD40

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0252E

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

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