#B53A41#B53A41

#B53A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.159 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53A41
RGB	rgb(181, 58, 65)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 49.97, 24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 55.46, 25.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1477 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.159 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5254, 13.2346, 6.4211)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53A41 #3AB5AE

analogous

#B53A7F #B53A41 #B5703A

triadic

#B53A41 #41B53A #3A41B5

tetradic

#B53A41 #7FB53A #3AB5AE #703AB5

square

#B53A41 #7FB53A #3AB5AE #703AB5

split-complementary

#B53A41 #3AB570 #3A7FB5

monochromatic

#581C20 #872B30 #B53A41 #CC6066 #DB8E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B53A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B53A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53A41

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53A41	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 58, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.159 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27875',
    500: '#b53a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53a41;
$custom-light: #d27875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.585,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52894,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53A41

secondary

#85C6C2

accent

#DBD34D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53A41

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

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