#B52D36#B52D36

#B52D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.172 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52D36
RGB	rgb(181, 45, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 54.23, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 61.19, 27.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.159 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.172 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6626, 11.9700, 4.7118)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52D36 #2DB5AC

analogous

#B52D7A #B52D36 #B5682D

triadic

#B52D36 #36B52D #2D36B5

tetradic

#B52D36 #7AB52D #2DB5AC #682DB5

square

#B52D36 #7AB52D #2DB5AC #682DB5

split-complementary

#B52D36 #2DB568 #2D7AB5

monochromatic

#531519 #842127 #B52D36 #D34D55 #DF7E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B52D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B52D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52D36

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52D36	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 45, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.172 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3716d',
    500: '#b52d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52d36;
$custom-light: #d3716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.029,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51386,
    "c": 0.17199,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52D36

secondary

#76C7C2

accent

#E3D944

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52D36

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

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