#B53229#B53229

#B53229 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.169 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53229
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 77.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, 51.89, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 63.45, 35.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1488 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.169 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5993, 12.2682, 3.3807)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53229 #29ACB5

analogous

#B52966 #B53229 #B57829

triadic

#B53229 #29B532 #3229B5

tetradic

#B53229 #66B529 #29ACB5 #7829B5

square

#B53229 #66B529 #29ACB5 #7829B5

split-complementary

#B53229 #29B578 #2966B5

monochromatic

#511612 #83241E #B53229 #D54F46 #E07F78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B53229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B53229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53229

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53229	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.169 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47364',
    500: '#b53229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53229;
$custom-light: #d47364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51683,
    "c": 0.1692,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53229

secondary

#72C3C8

accent

#DCE642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53229

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

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