#B52A38#B52A38

#B52A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.174 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52A38
RGB	rgb(181, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 55.32, 26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 61.44, 25.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.1629 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.174 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6001, 11.7684, 4.9274)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52A38 #2AB5A7

analogous

#B52A7D #B52A38 #B5612A

triadic

#B52A38 #38B52A #2A38B5

tetradic

#B52A38 #7DB52A #2AB5A7 #612AB5

square

#B52A38 #7DB52A #2AB5A7 #612AB5

split-complementary

#B52A38 #2AB561 #2A7DB5

monochromatic

#521319 #831E29 #B52A38 #D44856 #E07984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B52A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B52A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52A38

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52A38	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.174 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3706e',
    500: '#b52a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52a38;
$custom-light: #d3706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.957,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51156,
    "c": 0.17442,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52A38

secondary

#73C8BF

accent

#E5D542

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52A38

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

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