#B52A48#B52A48

#B52A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.174 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52A48
RGB	rgb(181, 42, 72)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 56.26, 17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 58.82, 16.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.1692 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.174 14)
XYZ	xyz(21.0559, 11.9507, 7.3276)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52A48 #2AB597

analogous

#B52A8D #B52A48 #B5512A

triadic

#B52A48 #48B52A #2A48B5

tetradic

#B52A48 #8DB52A #2AB597 #512AB5

square

#B52A48 #8DB52A #2AB597 #512AB5

split-complementary

#B52A48 #2AB551 #2A8DB5

monochromatic

#521320 #831E34 #B52A48 #D44866 #E07990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B52A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B52A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52A48

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52A48	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 42, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.174 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2707a',
    500: '#b52a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52a48;
$custom-light: #d2707a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.05,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51466,
    "c": 0.17435,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.11948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52A48

secondary

#73C8B6

accent

#E5C242

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52A48

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

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