#B53D22#B53D22

#B53D22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.161 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53D22
RGB	rgb(181, 61, 34)
HSL	hsl(11, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 81.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 47.25, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 63.11, 41.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% 0.133 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.161 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0159, 13.2798, 2.9697)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53D22 #229AB5

analogous

#B52251 #B53D22 #B58622

triadic

#B53D22 #22B53D #3D22B5

tetradic

#B53D22 #51B522 #229AB5 #8622B5

square

#B53D22 #51B522 #229AB5 #8622B5

split-complementary

#B53D22 #22B586 #2251B5

monochromatic

#4E1A0F #812C18 #B53D22 #DA583A #E4836E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B53D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B53D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53D22

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53D22	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 61, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.161 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4795f',
    500: '#b53d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53d22;
$custom-light: #d4795f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.02,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52817,
    "c": 0.16058,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53D22

secondary

#69B8CA

accent

#CBEB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53D22

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

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