#B53235#B53235

#B53235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.168 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53235
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, 52.41, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 60.24, 29.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.153 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.168 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8416, 12.3651, 4.6568)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53235 #32B5B2

analogous

#B53276 #B53235 #B57032

triadic

#B53235 #35B532 #3235B5

tetradic

#B53235 #76B532 #32B5B2 #7032B5

square

#B53235 #76B532 #32B5B2 #7032B5

split-complementary

#B53235 #32B570 #3276B5

monochromatic

#551819 #852527 #B53235 #D05457 #DD8486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#B53235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B53235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53235

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53235	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)

#585134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.168 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3736c',
    500: '#b53235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53235;
$custom-light: #d3736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.626,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51844,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53235

secondary

#7CC7C5

accent

#E0DC48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53235

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

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