#B53526#B53526

#B53526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.167 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53526
RGB	rgb(181, 53, 38)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 79%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 50.65, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 63.67, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1443 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.167 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6814, 12.5131, 3.1596)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53526 #26A6B5

analogous

#B5265E #B53526 #B57D26

triadic

#B53526 #26B535 #3526B5

tetradic

#B53526 #5EB526 #26A6B5 #7D26B5

square

#B53526 #5EB526 #26A6B5 #7D26B5

split-complementary

#B53526 #26B57D #265EB5

monochromatic

#501711 #82261B #B53526 #D75141 #E27F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#B53526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B53526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53526

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53526	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)

#5B5123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 53, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.167 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47562',
    500: '#b53526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53526;
$custom-light: #d47562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.294,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51958,
    "c": 0.16704,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53526

secondary

#6EBFC9

accent

#D7E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53526

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

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