#B53E42#B53E42

#B53E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.154 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E42
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, 48.35, 24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 54.11, 26.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1428 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.154 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7642, 13.6654, 6.6448)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E42 #3EB5B1

analogous

#B53E7E #B53E42 #B5753E

triadic

#B53E42 #42B53E #3E42B5

tetradic

#B53E42 #7EB53E #3EB5B1 #753EB5

square

#B53E42 #7EB53E #3EB5B1 #753EB5

split-complementary

#B53E42 #3EB575 #3E7EB5

monochromatic

#5A1F21 #872E31 #B53E42 #CA6669 #DA9396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#B53E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B53E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E42

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E42	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)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.154 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27a76',
    500: '#b53e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e42;
$custom-light: #d27a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.983,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53374,
    "c": 0.15416,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E42

secondary

#89C5C3

accent

#D9D44F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E42

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

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