#B53C48#B53C48

#B53C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.156 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C48
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 49.60, 20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 53.62, 22.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% 0.1479 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.156 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8437, 13.5263, 7.5902)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C48 #3CB5A9

analogous

#B53C84 #B53C48 #B56D3C

triadic

#B53C48 #48B53C #3C48B5

tetradic

#B53C48 #84B53C #3CB5A9 #6D3CB5

square

#B53C48 #84B53C #3CB5A9 #6D3CB5

split-complementary

#B53C48 #3CB56D #3C84B5

monochromatic

#591E23 #872D36 #B53C48 #CB636D #DB9198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B53C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B53C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C48

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C48	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.156 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2797a',
    500: '#b53c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c48;
$custom-light: #d2797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.05,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53257,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C48

secondary

#87C6BF

accent

#DACC4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C48

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

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