#B53548#B53548

#B53548 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.164 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53548
RGB	rgb(181, 53, 72)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 52.40, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 55.74, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1568 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.164 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5010, 12.8409, 7.4760)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53548 #35B5A2

analogous

#B53588 #B53548 #B56235

triadic

#B53548 #48B535 #3548B5

tetradic

#B53548 #88B535 #35B5A2 #6235B5

square

#B53548 #88B535 #35B5A2 #6235B5

split-complementary

#B53548 #35B562 #3588B5

monochromatic

#561922 #862735 #B53548 #CE596A #DC8895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B53548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B53548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53548

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53548	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 53, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.164 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2757a',
    500: '#b53548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53548;
$custom-light: #d2757a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.094,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52494,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53548

secondary

#80C6BC

accent

#DEC84A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53548

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

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