#B52E45#B52E45

#B52E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.171 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E45
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 54.74, 19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 58.14, 19.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% 0.1637 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.171 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1094, 12.2105, 6.8744)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E45 #2EB59E

analogous

#B52E88 #B52E45 #B55B2E

triadic

#B52E45 #45B52E #2E45B5

tetradic

#B52E45 #88B52E #2EB59E #5B2EB5

square

#B52E45 #88B52E #2EB59E #5B2EB5

split-complementary

#B52E45 #2EB55B #2E88B5

monochromatic

#531520 #842232 #B52E45 #D24E65 #DE7F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#B52E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B52E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E45

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E45	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.171 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27278',
    500: '#b52e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e45;
$custom-light: #d27278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.778,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51751,
    "c": 0.17052,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E45

secondary

#78C7BA

accent

#E3C845

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E45

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

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