#B2252F#B2252F

#B2252F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.176 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2252F
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 73.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 55.54, 30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 63.39, 28.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% 0.162 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.176 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5370, 10.9964, 3.7826)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2252F #25B2A8

analogous

#B22575 #B2252F #B26225

triadic

#B2252F #2FB225 #252FB2

tetradic

#B2252F #75B225 #25B2A8 #6225B2

square

#B2252F #75B225 #25B2A8 #6225B2

split-complementary

#B2252F #25B262 #2575B2

monochromatic

#4D1014 #7F1A22 #B2252F #D73D48 #E17078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#B2252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#B2252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2252F

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2252F	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.176 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d67',
    500: '#b2252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2252f;
$custom-light: #d26d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.745,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50064,
    "c": 0.17618,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2252F

secondary

#6BC8C1

accent

#E9DD3F

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2252F

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

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