#B52E41#B52E41

#B52E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.171 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E41
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 65)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 54.49, 21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 58.75, 21.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% 0.1621 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.171 18)
XYZ	xyz(20.9894, 12.1625, 6.2424)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E41 #2EB5A2

analogous

#B52E84 #B52E41 #B55F2E

triadic

#B52E41 #41B52E #2E41B5

tetradic

#B52E41 #84B52E #2EB5A2 #5F2EB5

square

#B52E41 #84B52E #2EB5A2 #5F2EB5

split-complementary

#B52E41 #2EB55F #2E84B5

monochromatic

#53151E #84222F #B52E41 #D24E61 #DE7F8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B52E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B52E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E41

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E41	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.171 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37275',
    500: '#b52e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e41;
$custom-light: #d37275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51671,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.12159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E41

secondary

#78C7BC

accent

#E3CC45

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E41

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

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