#B52E2A#B52E2A

#B52E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.172 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E2A
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 53.36, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 64.04, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.1536 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.172 27)
XYZ	xyz(20.4534, 11.9481, 3.4193)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E2A #2AB1B5

analogous

#B52A6B #B52E2A #B5732A

triadic

#B52E2A #2AB52E #2E2AB5

tetradic

#B52E2A #6BB52A #2AB1B5 #732AB5

square

#B52E2A #6BB52A #2AB1B5 #732AB5

split-complementary

#B52E2A #2AB573 #2A6BB5

monochromatic

#521513 #83211E #B52E2A #D44C48 #E07C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B52E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B52E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E2A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E2A	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)

#574E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.172 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47164',
    500: '#b52e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e2a;
$custom-light: #d47164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51309,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.11945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E2A

secondary

#73C6C8

accent

#E1E542

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E2A

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

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