#B53A44#B53A44

#B53A44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.158 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53A44
RGB	rgb(181, 58, 68)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 50.16, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 54.90, 23.98°)
OKLab	oklab(52.95% 0.1489 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(52.95% 0.158 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6146, 13.2702, 6.8910)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53A44 #3AB5AB

analogous

#B53A82 #B53A44 #B56E3A

triadic

#B53A44 #44B53A #3A44B5

tetradic

#B53A44 #82B53A #3AB5AB #6E3AB5

square

#B53A44 #82B53A #3AB5AB #6E3AB5

split-complementary

#B53A44 #3AB56E #3A82B5

monochromatic

#581C21 #872B33 #B53A44 #CC6069 #DB8E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B53A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B53A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53A44

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53A44	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 58, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.158 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27877',
    500: '#b53a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53a44;
$custom-light: #d27877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.122,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52951,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53A44

secondary

#85C6C0

accent

#DBCF4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53A44

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

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