#B53B4E#B53B4E

#B53B4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.157 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53B4E
RGB	rgb(181, 59, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 50.46, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 53.12, 18.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1516 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.157 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9972, 13.5047, 8.6546)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53B4E #3BB5A2

analogous

#B53B8B #B53B4E #B5653B

triadic

#B53B4E #4EB53B #3B4EB5

tetradic

#B53B4E #8BB53B #3BB5A2 #653BB5

square

#B53B4E #8BB53B #3BB5A2 #653BB5

split-complementary

#B53B4E #3BB565 #3B8BB5

monochromatic

#591D26 #872C3A #B53B4E #CC6272 #DB909B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B53B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B53B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53B4E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53B4E	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59574E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79704B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 59, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.157 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1787f',
    500: '#b53b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53b4e;
$custom-light: #d1787f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.656,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53273,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53B4E

secondary

#86C6BC

accent

#DAC44D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53B4E

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

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