#B52C2A#B52C2A

#B52C2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.174 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52C2A
RGB	rgb(181, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, 54.04, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 64.46, 33.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.1558 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.174 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3771, 11.7955, 3.3939)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52C2A #2AB3B5

analogous

#B52A6D #B52C2A #B5712A

triadic

#B52C2A #2AB52C #2C2AB5

tetradic

#B52C2A #6DB52A #2AB3B5 #712AB5

square

#B52C2A #6DB52A #2AB3B5 #712AB5

split-complementary

#B52C2A #2AB571 #2A6DB5

monochromatic

#521413 #83201E #B52C2A #D44A48 #E07B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#B52C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B52C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52C2A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52C2A	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.174 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47064',
    500: '#b52c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52c2a;
$custom-light: #d47064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.863,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51127,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52C2A

secondary

#73C7C8

accent

#E3E542

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52C2A

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

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