#B52F39#B52F39

#B52F39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.170 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52F39
RGB	rgb(181, 47, 57)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, 53.69, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 60.05, 26.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1579 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.17 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8134, 12.1553, 5.1204)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52F39 #2FB5AB

analogous

#B52F7C #B52F39 #B5682F

triadic

#B52F39 #39B52F #2F39B5

tetradic

#B52F39 #7CB52F #2FB5AB #682FB5

square

#B52F39 #7CB52F #2FB5AB #682FB5

split-complementary

#B52F39 #2FB568 #2F7CB5

monochromatic

#54161A #84222A #B52F39 #D15059 #DE8087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B52F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B52F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52F39

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52F39	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)

#555038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 47, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.170 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3726f',
    500: '#b52f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52f39;
$custom-light: #d3726f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51619,
    "c": 0.16996,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52F39

secondary

#79C7C1

accent

#E2D646

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52F39

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

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