#B53226#B53226

#B53226 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.170 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53226
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 38)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 79%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.61, 51.78, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.61, 64.32, 36.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1479 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.17 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5489, 12.2481, 3.1155)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53226 #26A9B5

analogous

#B52661 #B53226 #B57926

triadic

#B53226 #26B532 #3226B5

tetradic

#B53226 #61B526 #26A9B5 #7926B5

square

#B53226 #61B526 #26A9B5 #7926B5

split-complementary

#B53226 #26B579 #2661B5

monochromatic

#501611 #82241B #B53226 #D74E41 #E27D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B53226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B53226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53226

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53226	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.170 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47361',
    500: '#b53226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53226;
$custom-light: #d47361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.035,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51649,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53226

secondary

#6EC1C9

accent

#DAE840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53226

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

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