#B53042#B53042

#B53042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.169 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53042
RGB	rgb(181, 48, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, 53.85, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 58.06, 21.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1603 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.169 18)
XYZ	xyz(21.0986, 12.3341, 6.4230)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53042 #30B5A3

analogous

#B53084 #B53042 #B56130

triadic

#B53042 #42B530 #3042B5

tetradic

#B53042 #84B530 #30B5A3 #6130B5

square

#B53042 #84B530 #30B5A3 #6130B5

split-complementary

#B53042 #30B561 #3084B5

monochromatic

#54161F #852330 #B53042 #D15163 #DE828E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#B53042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B53042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53042

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53042	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 48, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.169 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27376',
    500: '#b53042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53042;
$custom-light: #d27376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.88,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51877,
    "c": 0.16861,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.12331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53042

secondary

#7AC7BC

accent

#E1CC46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53042

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

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