#B53E32#B53E32

#B53E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.157 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E32
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 47.46, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 58.07, 35.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% 0.1368 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.157 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3567, 13.5024, 4.4986)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E32 #32A9B5

analogous

#B53268 #B53E32 #B57F32

triadic

#B53E32 #32B53E #3E32B5

tetradic

#B53E32 #68B532 #32A9B5 #7F32B5

square

#B53E32 #68B532 #32A9B5 #7F32B5

split-complementary

#B53E32 #32B57F #3268B5

monochromatic

#551D18 #852E25 #B53E32 #D06054 #DD8C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B53E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B53E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E32

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E32	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)

#5F5630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D702E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.157 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3796a',
    500: '#b53e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e32;
$custom-light: #d3796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.496,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53118,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E32

secondary

#7CC0C7

accent

#D2E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E32

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

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