#B04253#B04253

#B04253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.144 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04253
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 83)
HSL	hsl(351, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 52.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 46.16, 13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 48.20, 16.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1392 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.144 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4158, 13.7538, 9.7089)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04253 #42B09F

analogous

#B0428A #B04253 #B06842

triadic

#B04253 #53B042 #4253B0

tetradic

#B04253 #8AB042 #42B09F #6842B0

square

#B04253 #8AB042 #42B09F #6842B0

split-complementary

#B04253 #42B068 #428AB0

monochromatic

#572129 #83313E #B04253 #C76977 #D7959F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B04253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B04253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04253

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04253	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C03049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.144 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7c83',
    500: '#b04253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04253;
$custom-light: #cd7c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.727,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53416,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04253

secondary

#8BC3BA

accent

#D5C153

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04253

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

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