#B53230#B53230

#B53230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.168 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53230
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 52.18, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 61.52, 31.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1512 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.168 26)
XYZ	xyz(20.7325, 12.3215, 4.0823)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53230 #30B3B5

analogous

#B53071 #B53230 #B57430

triadic

#B53230 #30B532 #3230B5

tetradic

#B53230 #71B530 #30B3B5 #7430B5

square

#B53230 #71B530 #30B3B5 #7430B5

split-complementary

#B53230 #30B574 #3071B5

monochromatic

#541716 #852523 #B53230 #D15351 #DE8382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#B53230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B53230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53230

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53230	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.168 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37368',
    500: '#b53230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53230;
$custom-light: #d37368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.902,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51772,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.12318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53230

secondary

#7AC6C7

accent

#DFE146

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53230

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

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