#B52E34#B52E34

#B52E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.171 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E34
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 52)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.26, 53.79, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.26, 61.43, 28.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.1572 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.171 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6552, 12.0288, 4.4823)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E34 #2EB5AF

analogous

#B52E78 #B52E34 #B56B2E

triadic

#B52E34 #34B52E #2E34B5

tetradic

#B52E34 #78B52E #2EB5AF #6B2EB5

square

#B52E34 #78B52E #2EB5AF #6B2EB5

split-complementary

#B52E34 #2EB56B #2E78B5

monochromatic

#531518 #842226 #B52E34 #D24E54 #DE7F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B52E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B52E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E34

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E34	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.171 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3726b',
    500: '#b52e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e34;
$custom-light: #d3726b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51446,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E34

secondary

#78C7C4

accent

#E3DC45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E34

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

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