#B53C32#B53C32

#B53C32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.158 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C32
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 48.31, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 58.57, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.1394 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.158 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2499, 13.2888, 4.4631)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C32 #32ABB5

analogous

#B5326A #B53C32 #B57D32

triadic

#B53C32 #32B53C #3C32B5

tetradic

#B53C32 #6AB532 #32ABB5 #7D32B5

square

#B53C32 #6AB532 #32ABB5 #7D32B5

split-complementary

#B53C32 #32B57D #326AB5

monochromatic

#551C18 #852C25 #B53C32 #D05E54 #DD8B84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B53C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B53C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C32

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C32	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.158 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3786a',
    500: '#b53c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c32;
$custom-light: #d3786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.58,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52882,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C32

secondary

#7CC1C7

accent

#D4E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C32

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

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