#B53A3C#B53A3C

#B53A3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.159 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53A3C
RGB	rgb(181, 58, 60)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 66.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 49.67, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 56.53, 28.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% 0.1458 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.159 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3869, 13.1792, 5.6918)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53A3C #3AB5B3

analogous

#B53A7A #B53A3C #B5753A

triadic

#B53A3C #3CB53A #3A3CB5

tetradic

#B53A3C #7AB53A #3AB5B3 #753AB5

square

#B53A3C #7AB53A #3AB5B3 #753AB5

split-complementary

#B53A3C #3AB575 #3A7AB5

monochromatic

#581C1D #872B2D #B53A3C #CC6062 #DB8E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B53A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B53A3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53A3C

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53A3C	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7193C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 58, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.159 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27771',
    500: '#b53a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53a3c;
$custom-light: #d27771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.024,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52805,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53A3C

secondary

#85C6C5

accent

#DBD94D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53A3C

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

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