#B53C2D#B53C2D

#B53C2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.159 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C2D
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 45)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 48.09, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 60.00, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% 0.1377 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.159 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1479, 13.2480, 3.9257)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C2D #2DA6B5

analogous

#B52D62 #B53C2D #B5802D

triadic

#B53C2D #2DB53C #3C2DB5

tetradic

#B53C2D #62B52D #2DA6B5 #802DB5

square

#B53C2D #62B52D #2DA6B5 #802DB5

split-complementary

#B53C2D #2DB580 #2D62B5

monochromatic

#531C15 #842C21 #B53C2D #D35B4D #DF887E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B53C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B53C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C2D

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C2D	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)

#5E552A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.159 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37867',
    500: '#b53c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c2d;
$custom-light: #d37867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.618,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52817,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C2D

secondary

#76BEC7

accent

#D2E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C2D

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

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