#B52C41#B52C41

#B52C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.172 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52C41
RGB	rgb(181, 44, 65)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 55.16, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 59.27, 21.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1643 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.172 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9131, 12.0099, 6.2170)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52C41 #2CB5A0

analogous

#B52C86 #B52C41 #B55C2C

triadic

#B52C41 #41B52C #2C41B5

tetradic

#B52C41 #86B52C #2CB5A0 #5C2CB5

square

#B52C41 #86B52C #2CB5A0 #5C2CB5

split-complementary

#B52C41 #2CB55C #2C86B5

monochromatic

#53141E #84202F #B52C41 #D34B60 #DF7C8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B52C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B52C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52C41

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52C41	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)

#534F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 44, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.172 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37175',
    500: '#b52c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52c41;
$custom-light: #d37175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.803,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51492,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52C41

secondary

#75C8BB

accent

#E4CB44

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52C41

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

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