#B2253A#B2253A

#B2253A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.176 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2253A
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 58)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 67.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.74, 56.07, 24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.74, 60.99, 23.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.1662 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.176 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7876, 11.0967, 5.1021)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2253A #25B29D

analogous

#B22580 #B2253A #B25725

triadic

#B2253A #3AB225 #253AB2

tetradic

#B2253A #80B225 #25B29D #5725B2

square

#B2253A #80B225 #25B29D #5725B2

split-complementary

#B2253A #25B257 #2580B2

monochromatic

#4D1019 #7F1A29 #B2253A #D73D54 #E17081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#B2253A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#B2253A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2253A

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2253A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2253A	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2253a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.176 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e70',
    500: '#b2253a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2253a;
$custom-light: #d16e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2253a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.064,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50243,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2253A

secondary

#6BC8BA

accent

#E9CF3F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2253A

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

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