#B53D41#B53D41

#B53D41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.155 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53D41
RGB	rgb(181, 61, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, 48.72, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 54.60, 26.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.1438 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.155 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6811, 13.5459, 6.4730)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53D41 #3DB5B1

analogous

#B53D7D #B53D41 #B5753D

triadic

#B53D41 #41B53D #3D41B5

tetradic

#B53D41 #7DB53D #3DB5B1 #753DB5

square

#B53D41 #7DB53D #3DB5B1 #753DB5

split-complementary

#B53D41 #3DB575 #3D7DB5

monochromatic

#591E20 #872E31 #B53D41 #CB6468 #DA9295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B53D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B53D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53D41

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53D41	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)

#5D5740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 61, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.155 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27975',
    500: '#b53d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53d41;
$custom-light: #d27975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53238,
    "c": 0.15534,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53D41

secondary

#88C5C3

accent

#D9D54F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53D41

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

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