#B53255#B53255

#B53255 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.168 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53255
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 85)
HSL	hsl(344, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(344, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 54.49, 10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 55.54, 11.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1655 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.168 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8383, 12.7638, 9.9063)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53255 #32B592

analogous

#B53297 #B53255 #B55032

triadic

#B53255 #55B532 #3255B5

tetradic

#B53255 #97B532 #32B592 #5032B5

square

#B53255 #97B532 #32B592 #5032B5

split-complementary

#B53255 #32B550 #3297B5

monochromatic

#551828 #85253E #B53255 #D05475 #DD849C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#B53255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B53255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53255

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53255	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C51440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.168 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17484',
    500: '#b53255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53255;
$custom-light: #d17484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.969,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.525,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53255

secondary

#7CC7B3

accent

#E0B748

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53255

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

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