#B53242#B53242

#B53242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.167 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53242
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 53.13, 22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 57.52, 22.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.158 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.167 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1822, 12.5014, 6.4508)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53242 #32B5A5

analogous

#B53283 #B53242 #B56432

triadic

#B53242 #42B532 #3242B5

tetradic

#B53242 #83B532 #32B5A5 #6432B5

square

#B53242 #83B532 #32B5A5 #6432B5

split-complementary

#B53242 #32B564 #3283B5

monochromatic

#55181F #852531 #B53242 #D05463 #DD848F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#B53242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B53242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53242

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53242	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.167 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27476',
    500: '#b53242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53242;
$custom-light: #d27476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.672,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5207,
    "c": 0.16666,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53242

secondary

#7CC7BD

accent

#E0CD48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53242

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

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