#B52C43#B52C43

#B52C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.172 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52C43
RGB	rgb(181, 44, 67)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 55.29, 20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 58.95, 20.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1651 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.172 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9721, 12.0335, 6.5275)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52C43 #2CB59E

analogous

#B52C88 #B52C43 #B55A2C

triadic

#B52C43 #43B52C #2C43B5

tetradic

#B52C43 #88B52C #2CB59E #5A2CB5

square

#B52C43 #88B52C #2CB59E #5A2CB5

split-complementary

#B52C43 #2CB55A #2C88B5

monochromatic

#53141F #842031 #B52C43 #D34B62 #DF7C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B52C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B52C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52C43

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52C43	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 44, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.172 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27176',
    500: '#b52c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52c43;
$custom-light: #d27176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.927,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51532,
    "c": 0.17235,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52C43

secondary

#75C8BA

accent

#E4C944

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52C43

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

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