#B52C48#B52C48

#B52C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.173 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52C48
RGB	rgb(181, 44, 72)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 55.61, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 58.29, 17.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.1671 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.173 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1286, 12.0961, 7.3519)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52C48 #2CB599

analogous

#B52C8D #B52C48 #B5552C

triadic

#B52C48 #48B52C #2C48B5

tetradic

#B52C48 #8DB52C #2CB599 #552CB5

square

#B52C48 #8DB52C #2CB599 #552CB5

split-complementary

#B52C48 #2CB555 #2C8DB5

monochromatic

#531421 #842034 #B52C48 #D34B67 #DF7C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B52C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B52C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52C48

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52C48	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 44, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.173 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2717a',
    500: '#b52c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52c48;
$custom-light: #d2717a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.737,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51637,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52C48

secondary

#75C8B7

accent

#E4C344

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52C48

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

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