#B53D38#B53D38

#B53D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.156 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53D38
RGB	rgb(181, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, 48.19, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 56.70, 31.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1403 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.156 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4409, 13.4498, 5.2077)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53D38 #38B0B5

analogous

#B53872 #B53D38 #B57C38

triadic

#B53D38 #38B53D #3D38B5

tetradic

#B53D38 #72B538 #38B0B5 #7C38B5

square

#B53D38 #72B538 #38B0B5 #7C38B5

split-complementary

#B53D38 #38B57C #3872B5

monochromatic

#581D1B #862D2A #B53D38 #CD625D #DB8F8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B53D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B53D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53D38

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53D38	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.156 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2796f',
    500: '#b53d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53d38;
$custom-light: #d2796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53087,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53D38

secondary

#83C3C6

accent

#D6DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53D38

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

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