#B52C45#B52C45

#B52C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.172 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52C45
RGB	rgb(181, 44, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, 55.41, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 58.67, 19.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.1659 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.172 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0331, 12.0579, 6.8490)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52C45 #2CB59C

analogous

#B52C8A #B52C45 #B5582C

triadic

#B52C45 #45B52C #2C45B5

tetradic

#B52C45 #8AB52C #2CB59C #582CB5

square

#B52C45 #8AB52C #2CB59C #582CB5

split-complementary

#B52C45 #2CB558 #2C8AB5

monochromatic

#53141F #842032 #B52C45 #D34B64 #DF7C8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B52C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B52C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52C45

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52C45	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)

#524F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 44, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.172 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27178',
    500: '#b52c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52c45;
$custom-light: #d27178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.051,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51573,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52C45

secondary

#75C8B9

accent

#E4C744

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52C45

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

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