#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
RGBrgb(178, 69, 43)
HSLhsl(12, 61%, 43%)
HSVhsv(12, 76%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.2%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.09, 42.92, 37.86)
CIE-LCHlch(44.09, 57.24, 41.42°)
OKLaboklab(53.43% 0.1216 0.0842)
OKLCHoklch(53.43% 0.148 34.7)
XYZxyz(20.9265, 13.8985, 3.8658)
Luminance0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##B2452B1.005.563.785.56
#FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00
#0000003.7821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.561.0021.001.00

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

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#B2452B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva