#B53C2C#B53C2C

#B53C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.160 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C2C
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 44)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 48.05, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 60.30, 37.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.81% 0.1374 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(52.81% 0.16 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1289, 13.2404, 3.8255)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C2C #2CA5B5

analogous

#B52C61 #B53C2C #B5812C

triadic

#B53C2C #2CB53C #3C2CB5

tetradic

#B53C2C #61B52C #2CA5B5 #812CB5

square

#B53C2C #61B52C #2CA5B5 #812CB5

split-complementary

#B53C2C #2CB581 #2C61B5

monochromatic

#531B14 #842C20 #B53C2C #D35B4B #DF887C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B53C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B53C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C2C

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C2C	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)

#5E5529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.160 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37866',
    500: '#b53c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c2c;
$custom-light: #d37866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.007,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52805,
    "c": 0.15955,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C2C

secondary

#75BEC8

accent

#D1E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C2C

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

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