#B53549#B53549

#B53549 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.164 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53549
RGB	rgb(181, 53, 73)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 52.47, 18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 55.61, 19.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1572 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.164 16)
XYZ	xyz(21.5339, 12.8540, 7.6492)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53549 #35B5A1

analogous

#B53589 #B53549 #B56135

triadic

#B53549 #49B535 #3549B5

tetradic

#B53549 #89B535 #35B5A1 #6135B5

square

#B53549 #89B535 #35B5A1 #6135B5

split-complementary

#B53549 #35B561 #3589B5

monochromatic

#561923 #862736 #B53549 #CE596B #DC8895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B53549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B53549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53549

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53549	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 53, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.164 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2757b',
    500: '#b53549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53549;
$custom-light: #d2757b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52515,
    "c": 0.16357,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.12851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53549

secondary

#80C6BB

accent

#DEC74A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53549

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

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