#B52B49#B52B49

#B52B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.173 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52B49
RGB	rgb(181, 43, 73)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 56.00, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 58.44, 16.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.1685 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.173 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1247, 12.0356, 7.5128)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52B49 #2BB597

analogous

#B52B8E #B52B49 #B5522B

triadic

#B52B49 #49B52B #2B49B5

tetradic

#B52B49 #8EB52B #2BB597 #522BB5

square

#B52B49 #8EB52B #2BB597 #522BB5

split-complementary

#B52B49 #2BB552 #2B8EB5

monochromatic

#521421 #841F35 #B52B49 #D44967 #E07B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B52B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B52B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52B49

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52B49	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 43, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.173 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2717b',
    500: '#b52b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52b49;
$custom-light: #d2717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.957,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51573,
    "c": 0.17349,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52B49

secondary

#74C8B6

accent

#E5C243

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52B49

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

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