#B53E30#B53E30

#B53E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.157 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E30
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 48)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.49, 47.37, 34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.49, 58.65, 36.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1361 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.157 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3145, 13.4855, 4.2763)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E30 #30A7B5

analogous

#B53064 #B53E30 #B58130

triadic

#B53E30 #30B53E #3E30B5

tetradic

#B53E30 #64B530 #30A7B5 #8130B5

square

#B53E30 #64B530 #30A7B5 #8130B5

split-complementary

#B53E30 #30B581 #3064B5

monochromatic

#541D16 #852D23 #B53E30 #D15F51 #DE8B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B53E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B53E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E30

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E30	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D702C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.157 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37969',
    500: '#b53e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e30;
$custom-light: #d37969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53092,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E30

secondary

#7ABFC7

accent

#D1E146

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E30

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

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