#B52A40#B52A40

#B52A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.174 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52A40
RGB	rgb(181, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 55.76, 21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 59.92, 21.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.166 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.174 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8117, 11.8530, 6.0415)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52A40 #2AB59F

analogous

#B52A85 #B52A40 #B5592A

triadic

#B52A40 #40B52A #2A40B5

tetradic

#B52A40 #85B52A #2AB59F #592AB5

square

#B52A40 #85B52A #2AB59F #592AB5

split-complementary

#B52A40 #2AB559 #2A85B5

monochromatic

#52131D #831E2E #B52A40 #D4485E #E0798A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B52A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B52A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52A40

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52A40	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.174 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37074',
    500: '#b52a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52a40;
$custom-light: #d37074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.504,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.513,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52A40

secondary

#73C8BB

accent

#E5CC42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52A40

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

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