#B53234#B53234

#B53234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.168 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53234
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.78, 52.36, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.78, 60.49, 30.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1526 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.168 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8188, 12.3560, 4.5369)
Luminance	0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53234 #32B5B3

analogous

#B53275 #B53234 #B57132

triadic

#B53234 #34B532 #3234B5

tetradic

#B53234 #75B532 #32B5B3 #7132B5

square

#B53234 #75B532 #32B5B3 #7132B5

split-complementary

#B53234 #32B571 #3275B5

monochromatic

#551818 #852526 #B53234 #D05456 #DD8486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#B53234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B53234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53234

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53234	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.168 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3736b',
    500: '#b53234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53234;
$custom-light: #d3736b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.084,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51829,
    "c": 0.1677,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53234

secondary

#7CC7C5

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53234

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

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