#B52C42#B52C42

#B52C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.172 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52C42
RGB	rgb(181, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 55.23, 21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 59.11, 20.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1647 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.172 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9423, 12.0216, 6.3709)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52C42 #2CB59F

analogous

#B52C87 #B52C42 #B55B2C

triadic

#B52C42 #42B52C #2C42B5

tetradic

#B52C42 #87B52C #2CB59F #5B2CB5

square

#B52C42 #87B52C #2CB59F #5B2CB5

split-complementary

#B52C42 #2CB55B #2C87B5

monochromatic

#53141E #842030 #B52C42 #D34B61 #DF7C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B52C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B52C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52C42

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52C42	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)

#534F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.172 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37176',
    500: '#b52c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52c42;
$custom-light: #d37176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.365,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51512,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52C42

secondary

#75C8BA

accent

#E4CA44

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52C42

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

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