#B53C41#B53C41

#B53C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.156 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C41
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 49.14, 24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 54.89, 26.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% 0.1451 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.156 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6282, 13.4401, 6.4553)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C41 #3CB5B0

analogous

#B53C7D #B53C41 #B5743C

triadic

#B53C41 #41B53C #3C41B5

tetradic

#B53C41 #7DB53C #3CB5B0 #743CB5

square

#B53C41 #7DB53C #3CB5B0 #743CB5

split-complementary

#B53C41 #3CB574 #3C7DB5

monochromatic

#591E20 #872D30 #B53C41 #CB6367 #DB9194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B53C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B53C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C41

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C41	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.156 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27975',
    500: '#b53c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c41;
$custom-light: #d27975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.521,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53121,
    "c": 0.15641,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C41

secondary

#87C6C3

accent

#DAD44E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C41

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

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