#B53C4E#B53C4E

#B53C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.156 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53C4E
RGB	rgb(181, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.67, 50.04, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.67, 52.79, 18.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1503 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.156 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0491, 13.6085, 8.6719)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53C4E #3CB5A3

analogous

#B53C8B #B53C4E #B5663C

triadic

#B53C4E #4EB53C #3C4EB5

tetradic

#B53C4E #8BB53C #3CB5A3 #663CB5

square

#B53C4E #8BB53C #3CB5A3 #663CB5

split-complementary

#B53C4E #3CB566 #3C8BB5

monochromatic

#591E26 #872D3A #B53C4E #CB6372 #DB919C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B53C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B53C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53C4E

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53C4E	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A574E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79704B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.156 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1797f',
    500: '#b53c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53c4e;
$custom-light: #d1797f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.074,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53386,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53C4E

secondary

#87C6BC

accent

#DAC54E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53C4E

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

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