#B53C46#B53C46

#B53C46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.156 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C46
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 49.47, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 53.95, 23.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1471 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.156 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7795, 13.5007, 7.2522)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C46 #3CB5AB

analogous

#B53C83 #B53C46 #B56E3C

triadic

#B53C46 #46B53C #3C46B5

tetradic

#B53C46 #83B53C #3CB5AB #6E3CB5

square

#B53C46 #83B53C #3CB5AB #6E3CB5

split-complementary

#B53C46 #3CB56E #3C83B5

monochromatic

#591E22 #872D34 #B53C46 #CB636C #DB9197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B53C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B53C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C46

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C46	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.156 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27979',
    500: '#b53c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c46;
$custom-light: #d27979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.041,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53217,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C46

secondary

#87C6C0

accent

#DACE4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C46

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

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