#B52E29#B52E29

#B52E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.173 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E29
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 77.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 53.32, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 64.32, 34.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1533 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.173 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4357, 11.9410, 3.3262)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E29 #29B0B5

analogous

#B5296A #B52E29 #B57429

triadic

#B52E29 #29B52E #2E29B5

tetradic

#B52E29 #6AB529 #29B0B5 #7429B5

square

#B52E29 #6AB529 #29B0B5 #7429B5

split-complementary

#B52E29 #29B574 #296AB5

monochromatic

#511512 #83211E #B52E29 #D54B46 #E07C78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B52E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B52E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E29

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E29	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.173 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47163',
    500: '#b52e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e29;
$custom-light: #d47163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51297,
    "c": 0.17261,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E29

secondary

#72C5C8

accent

#E0E642

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E29

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

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