#B53C49#B53C49

#B53C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.156 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C49
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 49.67, 19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 53.46, 21.70°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.1483 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.156 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8766, 13.5395, 7.7634)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C49 #3CB5A8

analogous

#B53C85 #B53C49 #B56C3C

triadic

#B53C49 #49B53C #3C49B5

tetradic

#B53C49 #85B53C #3CB5A8 #6C3CB5

square

#B53C49 #85B53C #3CB5A8 #6C3CB5

split-complementary

#B53C49 #3CB56C #3C85B5

monochromatic

#591E24 #872D36 #B53C49 #CB636E #DB9199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B53C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B53C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C49

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C49	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.156 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1797b',
    500: '#b53c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c49;
$custom-light: #d1797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.554,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53278,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C49

secondary

#87C6BF

accent

#DACB4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C49

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

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