#B53843#B53843

#B53843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.161 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53843
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 50.90, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 55.66, 23.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1511 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.161 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4855, 13.0604, 6.6986)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53843 #38B5AA

analogous

#B53882 #B53843 #B56C38

triadic

#B53843 #43B538 #3843B5

tetradic

#B53843 #82B538 #38B5AA #6C38B5

square

#B53843 #82B538 #38B5AA #6C38B5

split-complementary

#B53843 #38B56C #3882B5

monochromatic

#581B20 #862A32 #B53843 #CD5D67 #DB8C93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#B53843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B53843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53843

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53843	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6183D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.161 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27777',
    500: '#b53843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53843;
$custom-light: #d27777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.72,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52711,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53843

secondary

#83C6C0

accent

#DCCF4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53843

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

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