#B53D59#B53D59

#B53D59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.156 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53D59
RGB	rgb(181, 61, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 50.53, 10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 51.62, 11.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1533 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.156 10)
XYZ	xyz(22.5298, 13.8854, 10.9430)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53D59 #3DB599

analogous

#B53D95 #B53D59 #B55D3D

triadic

#B53D59 #59B53D #3D59B5

tetradic

#B53D59 #95B53D #3DB599 #5D3DB5

square

#B53D59 #95B53D #3DB599 #5D3DB5

split-complementary

#B53D59 #3DB55D #3D95B5

monochromatic

#591E2C #872E42 #B53D59 #CB647C #DA92A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B53D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B53D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53D59

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53D59	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 61, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.156 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a87',
    500: '#b53d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53d59;
$custom-light: #d17a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53767,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.13883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53D59

secondary

#88C5B7

accent

#D9B94F

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53D59

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

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