#B52A32#B52A32

#B52A32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.175 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52A32
RGB	rgb(181, 42, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, 55.03, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 62.81, 28.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.1606 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.175 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4621, 11.7132, 4.2004)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52A32 #2AB5AD

analogous

#B52A77 #B52A32 #B5672A

triadic

#B52A32 #32B52A #2A32B5

tetradic

#B52A32 #77B52A #2AB5AD #672AB5

square

#B52A32 #77B52A #2AB5AD #672AB5

split-complementary

#B52A32 #2AB567 #2A77B5

monochromatic

#521317 #831E24 #B52A32 #D44850 #E0797F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B52A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B52A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52A32

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52A32	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 42, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.175 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4706a',
    500: '#b52a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52a32;
$custom-light: #d4706a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.547,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51061,
    "c": 0.17488,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52A32

secondary

#73C8C3

accent

#E5DC42

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52A32

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

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