#B53B44#B53B44

#B53B44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.157 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53B44
RGB	rgb(181, 59, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, 49.75, 22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 54.60, 24.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1476 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.157 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6655, 13.3721, 6.9079)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53B44 #3BB5AC

analogous

#B53B81 #B53B44 #B56F3B

triadic

#B53B44 #44B53B #3B44B5

tetradic

#B53B44 #81B53B #3BB5AC #6F3BB5

square

#B53B44 #81B53B #3BB5AC #6F3BB5

split-complementary

#B53B44 #3BB56F #3B81B5

monochromatic

#591D21 #872C33 #B53B44 #CC6269 #DB9095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#B53B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B53B44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53B44

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53B44	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 59, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.157 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27877',
    500: '#b53b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53b44;
$custom-light: #d27877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.574,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53063,
    "c": 0.15726,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53B44

secondary

#86C6C1

accent

#DAD04D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53B44

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

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