#B53D48#B53D48

#B53D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.155 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53D48
RGB	rgb(181, 61, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 49.18, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 53.31, 22.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1465 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.155 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8966, 13.6321, 7.6079)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53D48 #3DB5AA

analogous

#B53D84 #B53D48 #B56E3D

triadic

#B53D48 #48B53D #3D48B5

tetradic

#B53D48 #84B53D #3DB5AA #6E3DB5

square

#B53D48 #84B53D #3DB5AA #6E3DB5

split-complementary

#B53D48 #3DB56E #3D84B5

monochromatic

#591E24 #872E36 #B53D48 #CB646E #DA9299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B53D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B53D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53D48

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53D48	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 61, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.155 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1797a',
    500: '#b53d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53d48;
$custom-light: #d1797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53373,
    "c": 0.15486,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53D48

secondary

#88C5C0

accent

#D9CC4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53D48

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

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