#B2452A#B2452A

#B2452A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.148 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2452A
RGB	rgb(178, 69, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 42.88, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 57.56, 41.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1213 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.148 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9084, 13.8913, 3.7703)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2452A #2A97B2

analogous

#B22A53 #B2452A #B2892A

triadic

#B2452A #2AB245 #452AB2

tetradic

#B2452A #53B22A #2A97B2 #892AB2

square

#B2452A #53B22A #2A97B2 #892AB2

split-complementary

#B2452A #2AB289 #2A53B2

monochromatic

#4F1F13 #80321E #B2452A #D36246 #DF8C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B2452A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B2452A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2452A

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2452A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2452A	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2452a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 69, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.148 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17d65',
    500: '#b2452a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2452a;
$custom-light: #d17d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2452a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.912,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53417,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2452A

secondary

#71B6C7

accent

#C5E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2452A

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

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