#B2523E#B2523E

#B2523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.130 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2523E
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 37.56, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 48.25, 38.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1086 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.13 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2489, 15.8501, 6.4442)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2523E #3E9EB2

analogous

#B23E64 #B2523E #B28C3E

triadic

#B2523E #3EB252 #523EB2

tetradic

#B2523E #64B23E #3E9EB2 #8C3EB2

square

#B2523E #64B23E #3E9EB2 #8C3EB2

split-complementary

#B2523E #3EB28C #3E64B2

monochromatic

#57281E #853D2E #B2523E #C97664 #D99E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B2523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B2523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2523E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2523E	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.130 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8574',
    500: '#b2523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2523e;
$custom-light: #cf8574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.345,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55541,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2523E

secondary

#88BAC4

accent

#C0D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2523E

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

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