Palettes / Colors / #B52020

#B52020 — Red

#B52020 is a red color we call Red, closest to the named color FireBrick (#B22222). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: firebrick (#B22222) — not an exact match. CSS firebrick gives you #B22222, a different color; use #B52020 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#B52020 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #20B6B6; it also sits naturally between #B6206B and #B66B20. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 71% · Green 13% · Blue 13%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 82% · Yellow 82% · Key 29%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #B52020

.text { color: #B52020; }
.background { background-color: #B52020; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B52020; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(181, 32, 32); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 70%, 42%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B52020; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(181, 32, 32, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B52020; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(181, 32, 32, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B52020">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B52020">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B52020

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Tones of #B52020

Color harmonies

Complementary — #20B6B6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #B52020: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #B52020

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #B52020 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #B52020 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B5201F  ·  #B52021 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B52020?

#B52020 is Red, a red color (RGB 181, 32, 32). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B52020?

#B52020 is RGB 181, 32, 32 — HSL 0°, 70%, 42% — CMYK 0%, 82%, 82%, 29%.

What colors go with #B52020?

Its complement is #20B6B6; analogous partners are #B6206B and #B66B20. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B52020 for text?

White text on #B52020 has a contrast ratio of 6.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.19:1.