#B53849#B53849

#B53849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.160 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53849
RGB	rgb(181, 56, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 51.30, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 54.70, 20.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1535 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.16 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6749, 13.1362, 7.6962)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53849 #38B5A4

analogous

#B53888 #B53849 #B56638

triadic

#B53849 #49B538 #3849B5

tetradic

#B53849 #88B538 #38B5A4 #6638B5

square

#B53849 #88B538 #38B5A4 #6638B5

split-complementary

#B53849 #38B566 #3888B5

monochromatic

#581B23 #862A36 #B53849 #CD5D6C #DB8C97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#B53849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B53849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53849

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53849	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 56, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.160 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2777b',
    500: '#b53849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53849;
$custom-light: #d2777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.84,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52832,
    "c": 0.16036,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53849

secondary

#83C6BD

accent

#DCC94C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53849

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

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