#B2452B#B2452B

#B2452B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.148 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2452B
RGB	rgb(178, 69, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 42.92, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 57.24, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.1216 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.148 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9265, 13.8985, 3.8658)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2452B #2B98B2

analogous

#B22B54 #B2452B #B2882B

triadic

#B2452B #2BB245 #452BB2

tetradic

#B2452B #54B22B #2B98B2 #882BB2

square

#B2452B #54B22B #2B98B2 #882BB2

split-complementary

#B2452B #2BB288 #2B54B2

monochromatic

#4F1F13 #81321F #B2452B #D36248 #DF8C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B2452B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B2452B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2452B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2452B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2452B	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)

#635928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2452b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 69, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.148 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17d66',
    500: '#b2452b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2452b;
$custom-light: #d17d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2452b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.556,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53428,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2452B

secondary

#72B6C7

accent

#C5E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2452B

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

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