#B53D40#B53D40

#B53D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.155 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53D40
RGB	rgb(181, 61, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 48.66, 25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 54.81, 27.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1434 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.155 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6524, 13.5344, 6.3217)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53D40 #3DB5B2

analogous

#B53D7C #B53D40 #B5763D

triadic

#B53D40 #40B53D #3D40B5

tetradic

#B53D40 #7CB53D #3DB5B2 #763DB5

square

#B53D40 #7CB53D #3DB5B2 #763DB5

split-complementary

#B53D40 #3DB576 #3D7CB5

monochromatic

#591E20 #872E30 #B53D40 #CB6467 #DA9294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B53D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B53D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53D40

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53D40	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6203F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 61, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.155 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27974',
    500: '#b53d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53d40;
$custom-light: #d27974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5322,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53D40

secondary

#88C5C4

accent

#D9D64F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53D40

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

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