#B52E49#B52E49

#B52E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.171 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E49
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 73)
HSL	hsl(348, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 55.01, 17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 57.63, 17.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.1653 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.171 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2378, 12.2619, 7.5505)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E49 #2EB59A

analogous

#B52E8D #B52E49 #B5572E

triadic

#B52E49 #49B52E #2E49B5

tetradic

#B52E49 #8DB52E #2EB59A #572EB5

square

#B52E49 #8DB52E #2EB59A #572EB5

split-complementary

#B52E49 #2EB557 #2E8DB5

monochromatic

#531522 #842235 #B52E49 #D24E69 #DE7F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B52E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B52E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E49

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E49	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.171 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2727b',
    500: '#b52e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e49;
$custom-light: #d2727b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51837,
    "c": 0.17065,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E49

secondary

#78C7B7

accent

#E3C345

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E49

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

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