#B53236#B53236

#B53236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.167 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53236
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 52.46, 29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 60.00, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1534 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.167 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8648, 12.3744, 4.7792)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53236 #32B5B1

analogous

#B53277 #B53236 #B56F32

triadic

#B53236 #36B532 #3236B5

tetradic

#B53236 #77B532 #32B5B1 #6F32B5

square

#B53236 #77B532 #32B5B1 #6F32B5

split-complementary

#B53236 #32B56F #3277B5

monochromatic

#551819 #852528 #B53236 #D05458 #DD8487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#B53236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B53236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53236

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53236	1.00	6.04	3.47	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.167 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3736d',
    500: '#b53236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53236;
$custom-light: #d3736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.168,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5186,
    "c": 0.16748,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53236

secondary

#7CC7C4

accent

#E0DB48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53236

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

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