#B52A39#B52A39

#B52A39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.174 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52A39
RGB	rgb(181, 42, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 55.37, 26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 61.23, 25.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% 0.1633 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.174 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6248, 11.7782, 5.0575)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52A39 #2AB5A6

analogous

#B52A7E #B52A39 #B5602A

triadic

#B52A39 #39B52A #2A39B5

tetradic

#B52A39 #7EB52A #2AB5A6 #602AB5

square

#B52A39 #7EB52A #2AB5A6 #602AB5

split-complementary

#B52A39 #2AB560 #2A7EB5

monochromatic

#52131A #831E29 #B52A39 #D44857 #E07984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B52A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B52A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52A39

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52A39	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 42, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.174 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3706f',
    500: '#b52a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52a39;
$custom-light: #d3706f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.525,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51173,
    "c": 0.17436,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52A39

secondary

#73C8BF

accent

#E5D442

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52A39

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

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