#B52A42#B52A42

#B52A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.174 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52A42
RGB	rgb(181, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 55.87, 20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 59.61, 20.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1668 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.174 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8696, 11.8762, 6.3466)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52A42 #2AB59D

analogous

#B52A87 #B52A42 #B5572A

triadic

#B52A42 #42B52A #2A42B5

tetradic

#B52A42 #87B52A #2AB59D #572AB5

square

#B52A42 #87B52A #2AB59D #572AB5

split-complementary

#B52A42 #2AB557 #2A87B5

monochromatic

#52131E #831E30 #B52A42 #D44860 #E0798B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B52A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B52A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52A42

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52A42	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.174 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37076',
    500: '#b52a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52a42;
$custom-light: #d37076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.64,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5134,
    "c": 0.17414,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52A42

secondary

#73C8B9

accent

#E5C942

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52A42

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

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