#B52B48#B52B48

#B52B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.173 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52B48
RGB	rgb(181, 43, 72)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 55.94, 17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 58.55, 17.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1681 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.173 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0918, 12.0225, 7.3396)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52B48 #2BB598

analogous

#B52B8D #B52B48 #B5532B

triadic

#B52B48 #48B52B #2B48B5

tetradic

#B52B48 #8DB52B #2BB598 #532BB5

square

#B52B48 #8DB52B #2BB598 #532BB5

split-complementary

#B52B48 #2BB553 #2B8DB5

monochromatic

#521421 #841F34 #B52B48 #D44966 #E07B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B52B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B52B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52B48

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52B48	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 43, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.173 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2717a',
    500: '#b52b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52b48;
$custom-light: #d2717a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.391,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51551,
    "c": 0.17344,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52B48

secondary

#74C8B6

accent

#E5C343

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52B48

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

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