#B52A34#B52A34

#B52A34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.175 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52A34
RGB	rgb(181, 42, 52)
HSL	hsl(356, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 55.12, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 62.33, 27.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.1614 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.175 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5062, 11.7308, 4.4327)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52A34 #2AB5AB

analogous

#B52A79 #B52A34 #B5652A

triadic

#B52A34 #34B52A #2A34B5

tetradic

#B52A34 #79B52A #2AB5AB #652AB5

square

#B52A34 #79B52A #2AB5AB #652AB5

split-complementary

#B52A34 #2AB565 #2A79B5

monochromatic

#521317 #831E26 #B52A34 #D44852 #E07981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B52A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B52A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52A34

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52A34	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 42, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.175 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4706b',
    500: '#b52a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52a34;
$custom-light: #d4706b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.683,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51091,
    "c": 0.17471,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52A34

secondary

#73C8C2

accent

#E5DA42

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52A34

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

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