#B2253D#B2253D

#B2253D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.175 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2253D
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 56.23, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 60.45, 21.54°)
OKLab	oklab(50.3% 0.1673 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(50.3% 0.175 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8661, 11.1281, 5.5159)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2253D #25B29A

analogous

#B22584 #B2253D #B25325

triadic

#B2253D #3DB225 #253DB2

tetradic

#B2253D #84B225 #25B29A #5325B2

square

#B2253D #84B225 #25B29A #5325B2

split-complementary

#B2253D #25B253 #2584B2

monochromatic

#4D101A #7F1A2C #B2253D #D73D58 #E17083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#B2253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B2253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2253D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2253D	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.175 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e72',
    500: '#b2253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2253d;
$custom-light: #d16e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.787,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50299,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2253D

secondary

#6BC8B8

accent

#E9CC3F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2253D

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

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