#B5392E#B5392E

#B5392E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.162 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5392E
RGB	rgb(181, 57, 46)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 49.37, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 60.42, 35.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1419 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.162 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0147, 12.9504, 3.9774)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5392E #2EAAB5

analogous

#B52E67 #B5392E #B57D2E

triadic

#B5392E #2EB539 #392EB5

tetradic

#B5392E #67B52E #2EAAB5 #7D2EB5

square

#B5392E #67B52E #2EAAB5 #7D2EB5

split-complementary

#B5392E #2EB57D #2E67B5

monochromatic

#531A15 #842A22 #B5392E #D2594E #DE877F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#B5392E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B5392E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5392E

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5392E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5392E	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C542C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5392e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 57, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.162 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37767',
    500: '#b5392e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5392e;
$custom-light: #d37767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5392e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52486,
    "c": 0.16203,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5392E

secondary

#78C1C7

accent

#D6E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5392E

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

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