#B53550#B53550

#B53550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.164 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53550
RGB	rgb(181, 53, 80)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 52.99, 14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 54.87, 15.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% 0.16 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.164 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7791, 12.9521, 8.9410)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53550 #35B59A

analogous

#B53590 #B53550 #B55A35

triadic

#B53550 #50B535 #3550B5

tetradic

#B53550 #90B535 #35B59A #5A35B5

square

#B53550 #90B535 #35B59A #5A35B5

split-complementary

#B53550 #35B55A #3590B5

monochromatic

#561926 #86273B #B53550 #CE5972 #DC889A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#B53550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B53550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53550

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53550	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 53, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.164 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17580',
    500: '#b53550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53550;
$custom-light: #d17580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.344,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52674,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53550

secondary

#80C6B7

accent

#DEBF4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53550

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →