#B52E2D#B52E2D

#B52E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.172 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E2D
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.17, 53.48, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.17, 63.22, 32.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1547 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.172 26)
XYZ	xyz(20.5091, 11.9704, 3.7127)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E2D #2DB4B5

analogous

#B52D70 #B52E2D #B5722D

triadic

#B52E2D #2DB52E #2E2DB5

tetradic

#B52E2D #70B52D #2DB4B5 #722DB5

square

#B52E2D #70B52D #2DB4B5 #722DB5

split-complementary

#B52E2D #2DB572 #2D70B5

monochromatic

#531515 #842221 #B52E2D #D34E4D #DF7E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B52E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B52E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E2D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E2D	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)

#564E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.172 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47166',
    500: '#b52e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e2d;
$custom-light: #d47166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.441,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51347,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.11967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E2D

secondary

#76C7C7

accent

#E2E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E2D

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

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