#B5353D#B5353D

#B5353D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.164 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5353D
RGB	rgb(181, 53, 61)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.32, 51.71, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.32, 57.66, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1525 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.164 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1737, 12.7100, 5.7523)
Luminance	0.1271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5353D #35B5AD

analogous

#B5357D #B5353D #B56D35

triadic

#B5353D #3DB535 #353DB5

tetradic

#B5353D #7DB535 #35B5AD #6D35B5

square

#B5353D #7DB535 #35B5AD #6D35B5

split-complementary

#B5353D #35B56D #357DB5

monochromatic

#56191D #86272D #B5353D #CE5960 #DC888D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B5353D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B5353D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5353D

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5353D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5353D	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58533C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C70C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5353d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 53, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.164 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27572',
    500: '#b5353d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5353d;
$custom-light: #d27572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5353d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52281,
    "c": 0.16395,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5353D

secondary

#80C6C2

accent

#DED54A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5353D

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

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