#B03538#B03538

#B03538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.159 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B03538
RGB	rgb(176, 53, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 49.80, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 56.70, 28.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.146 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.159 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8935, 12.0647, 5.0218)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B03538 #35B0AD

analogous

#B03575 #B03538 #B07035

triadic

#B03538 #38B035 #3538B0

tetradic

#B03538 #75B035 #35B0AD #7035B0

square

#B03538 #75B035 #35B0AD #7035B0

split-complementary

#B03538 #35B070 #3575B0

monochromatic

#52191A #812729 #B03538 #CC5659 #DA8587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B03538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B03538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B03538

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B03538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B03538	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C10F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b03538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 53, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.159 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf746e',
    500: '#b03538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b03538;
$custom-light: #cf746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b03538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.537,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51336,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B03538

secondary

#7DC4C2

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B03538

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

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