#B52A2E#B52A2E

#B52A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.175 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52A2E
RGB	rgb(181, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 54.85, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 63.81, 30.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.1592 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.175 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3795, 11.6801, 3.7657)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52A2E #2AB5B1

analogous

#B52A73 #B52A2E #B56B2A

triadic

#B52A2E #2EB52A #2A2EB5

tetradic

#B52A2E #73B52A #2AB5B1 #6B2AB5

square

#B52A2E #73B52A #2AB5B1 #6B2AB5

split-complementary

#B52A2E #2AB56B #2A73B5

monochromatic

#521315 #831E21 #B52A2E #D4484C #E0797C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#B52A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B52A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52A2E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52A2E	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.175 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47067',
    500: '#b52a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52a2e;
$custom-light: #d47067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.273,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51004,
    "c": 0.17529,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52A2E

secondary

#73C8C6

accent

#E5E142

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52A2E

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

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