#B53C2E#B53C2E

#B53C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.159 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C2E
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 48.13, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 59.71, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1381 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.159 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1674, 13.2558, 4.0283)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C2E #2EA7B5

analogous

#B52E64 #B53C2E #B57F2E

triadic

#B53C2E #2EB53C #3C2EB5

tetradic

#B53C2E #64B52E #2EA7B5 #7F2EB5

square

#B53C2E #64B52E #2EA7B5 #7F2EB5

split-complementary

#B53C2E #2EB57F #2E64B5

monochromatic

#531C15 #842C22 #B53C2E #D25C4E #DE897F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B53C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B53C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C2E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C2E	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)

#5E552C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7193A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.159 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37867',
    500: '#b53c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c2e;
$custom-light: #d37867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.222,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52829,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C2E

secondary

#78BFC7

accent

#D2E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C2E

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

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