#B53836#B53836

#B53836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.162 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B53836
RGBrgb(181, 56, 54)
HSLhsl(1, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(1, 70%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.1%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(42.64, 50.15, 30.12)
CIE-LCHlch(42.64, 58.50, 30.98°)
OKLaboklab(52.49% 0.1461 0.0695)
OKLCHoklch(52.49% 0.162 25.4)
XYZxyz(21.1384, 12.9215, 4.8704)
Luminance0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B53836 #36B3B5
analogous
#B53673 #B53836 #B57736
triadic
#B53836 #36B538 #3836B5
tetradic
#B53836 #73B536 #36B3B5 #7736B5
square
#B53836 #73B536 #36B3B5 #7736B5
split-complementary
#B53836 #36B577 #3673B5
monochromatic
#571B1A #862928 #B53836 #CE5C5A #DC8B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86
#B53836 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58
#B53836 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53836
5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B53836#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B538361.005.863.585.86
#FFFFFF5.861.0021.001.00
#0000003.5821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.861.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B5435
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A6F32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C71239
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b53836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.162 25.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3766d',
    500: '#b53836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b53836;
$custom-light: #d3766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b53836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.945,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52487,
    "c": 0.16175,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B53836
secondary
#81C5C6
accent
#DBDD4A
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FCEDEB
border
#D5C8C6
text
#160907
muted
#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53836

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#B53836 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva