#B53D49#B53D49

#B53D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.155 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53D49
RGB	rgb(181, 61, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.72, 49.25, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.72, 53.15, 22.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1469 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.155 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9295, 13.6453, 7.7811)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53D49 #3DB5A9

analogous

#B53D85 #B53D49 #B56D3D

triadic

#B53D49 #49B53D #3D49B5

tetradic

#B53D49 #85B53D #3DB5A9 #6D3DB5

square

#B53D49 #85B53D #3DB5A9 #6D3DB5

split-complementary

#B53D49 #3DB56D #3D85B5

monochromatic

#591E24 #872E37 #B53D49 #CB646F #DA9299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#B53D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B53D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53D49

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53D49	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 61, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.155 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1797b',
    500: '#b53d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53d49;
$custom-light: #d1797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53394,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53D49

secondary

#88C5BF

accent

#D9CB4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53D49

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

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