#B53C44#B53C44

#B53C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.156 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C44
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.47, 49.33, 22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.47, 54.31, 24.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1463 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.156 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7174, 13.4758, 6.9252)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C44 #3CB5AD

analogous

#B53C81 #B53C44 #B5713C

triadic

#B53C44 #44B53C #3C44B5

tetradic

#B53C44 #81B53C #3CB5AD #713CB5

square

#B53C44 #81B53C #3CB5AD #713CB5

split-complementary

#B53C44 #3CB571 #3C81B5

monochromatic

#591E21 #872D33 #B53C44 #CB636A #DB9196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B53C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B53C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C44

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C44	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.156 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27977',
    500: '#b53c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c44;
$custom-light: #d27977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.033,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53178,
    "c": 0.15617,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C44

secondary

#87C6C1

accent

#DAD04E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C44

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

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