#B52B2E#B52B2E

#B52B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.174 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52B2E
RGB	rgb(181, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 54.53, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 63.60, 30.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.1582 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.174 25)
XYZ	xyz(20.4155, 11.7520, 3.7776)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52B2E #2BB5B2

analogous

#B52B73 #B52B2E #B56D2B

triadic

#B52B2E #2EB52B #2B2EB5

tetradic

#B52B2E #73B52B #2BB5B2 #6D2BB5

square

#B52B2E #73B52B #2BB5B2 #6D2BB5

split-complementary

#B52B2E #2BB56D #2B73B5

monochromatic

#521415 #841F21 #B52B2E #D4494C #E07B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B52B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B52B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52B2E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52B2E	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.174 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47067',
    500: '#b52b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52b2e;
$custom-light: #d47067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5109,
    "c": 0.17447,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.11749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52B2E

secondary

#74C8C6

accent

#E5E143

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52B2E

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

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