#B2253F#B2253F

#B2253F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.175 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2253F
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 63)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 64.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.83, 56.35, 20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.83, 60.13, 20.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% 0.1681 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.175 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9210, 11.1500, 5.8049)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2253F #25B298

analogous

#B22586 #B2253F #B25225

triadic

#B2253F #3FB225 #253FB2

tetradic

#B2253F #86B225 #25B298 #5225B2

square

#B2253F #86B225 #25B298 #5225B2

split-complementary

#B2253F #25B252 #2586B2

monochromatic

#4D101B #7F1A2D #B2253F #D73D5A #E17085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B2253F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B2253F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2253F

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2253F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2253F	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72683B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2253f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.175 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e73',
    500: '#b2253f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2253f;
$custom-light: #d16e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2253f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.936,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50338,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2253F

secondary

#6BC8B7

accent

#E9C93F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2253F

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

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