#B52C44#B52C44

#B52C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.172 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52C44
RGB	rgb(181, 44, 68)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 55.35, 19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 58.81, 19.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1655 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.172 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0023, 12.0456, 6.6869)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52C44 #2CB59D

analogous

#B52C89 #B52C44 #B5592C

triadic

#B52C44 #44B52C #2C44B5

tetradic

#B52C44 #89B52C #2CB59D #592CB5

square

#B52C44 #89B52C #2CB59D #592CB5

split-complementary

#B52C44 #2CB559 #2C89B5

monochromatic

#53141F #842032 #B52C44 #D34B63 #DF7C8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B52C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B52C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52C44

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52C44	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 44, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.172 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27177',
    500: '#b52c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52c44;
$custom-light: #d27177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.489,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51552,
    "c": 0.17237,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52C44

secondary

#75C8B9

accent

#E4C844

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52C44

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

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