#B52E44#B52E44

#B52E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.171 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E44
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 54.68, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 58.28, 20.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.1633 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.171 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0786, 12.1982, 6.7123)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E44 #2EB59F

analogous

#B52E88 #B52E44 #B55C2E

triadic

#B52E44 #44B52E #2E44B5

tetradic

#B52E44 #88B52E #2EB59F #5C2EB5

square

#B52E44 #88B52E #2EB59F #5C2EB5

split-complementary

#B52E44 #2EB55C #2E88B5

monochromatic

#53151F #842232 #B52E44 #D24E64 #DE7F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B52E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B52E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E44

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E44	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.171 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27277',
    500: '#b52e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e44;
$custom-light: #d27277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.222,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51731,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E44

secondary

#78C7BA

accent

#E3C945

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E44

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

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