#B53227#B53227

#B53227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.170 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53227
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 78.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 51.82, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 64.03, 35.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% 0.1482 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.17 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5653, 12.2546, 3.2016)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53227 #27AAB5

analogous

#B52763 #B53227 #B57927

triadic

#B53227 #27B532 #3227B5

tetradic

#B53227 #63B527 #27AAB5 #7927B5

square

#B53227 #63B527 #27AAB5 #7927B5

split-complementary

#B53227 #27B579 #2763B5

monochromatic

#501611 #83241C #B53227 #D64E43 #E17D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B53227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B53227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53227

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53227	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)

#595024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.170 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47362',
    500: '#b53227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53227;
$custom-light: #d47362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.648,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5166,
    "c": 0.16951,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53227

secondary

#6FC2C9

accent

#DBE840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53227

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

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