#B52C2E#B52C2E

#B52C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.174 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52C2E
RGB	rgb(181, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 54.20, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 63.39, 31.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.1571 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.174 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4523, 11.8256, 3.7899)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52C2E #2CB5B3

analogous

#B52C73 #B52C2E #B56F2C

triadic

#B52C2E #2EB52C #2C2EB5

tetradic

#B52C2E #73B52C #2CB5B3 #6F2CB5

square

#B52C2E #73B52C #2CB5B3 #6F2CB5

split-complementary

#B52C2E #2CB56F #2C73B5

monochromatic

#531415 #842021 #B52C2E #D34B4D #DF7C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#B52C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B52C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52C2E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52C2E	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.174 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47167',
    500: '#b52c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52c2e;
$custom-light: #d47167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.124,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51179,
    "c": 0.17365,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52C2E

secondary

#75C8C6

accent

#E4E244

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52C2E

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

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