#B53257#B53257

#B53257 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.168 H 8.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53257
RGB	rgb(181, 50, 87)
HSL	hsl(343, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(343, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.4%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 54.66, 9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 55.49, 9.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.1663 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.168 8.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9189, 12.7961, 10.3307)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53257 #32B590

analogous

#B53299 #B53257 #B54E32

triadic

#B53257 #57B532 #3257B5

tetradic

#B53257 #99B532 #32B590 #4E32B5

square

#B53257 #99B532 #32B590 #4E32B5

split-complementary

#B53257 #32B54E #3299B5

monochromatic

#551829 #852540 #B53257 #D05477 #DD849D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#B53257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B53257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53257

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53257	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C51541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 50, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.168 8.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17486',
    500: '#b53257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53257;
$custom-light: #d17486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.053,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52552,
    "c": 0.16809,
    "h": 8.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53257

secondary

#7CC7B2

accent

#E0B548

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53257

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

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