#B53E44#B53E44

#B53E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.154 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E44
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 48.48, 23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 53.71, 25.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.41% 0.1436 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(53.41% 0.154 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8242, 13.6894, 6.9608)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E44 #3EB5AF

analogous

#B53E7F #B53E44 #B5743E

triadic

#B53E44 #44B53E #3E44B5

tetradic

#B53E44 #7FB53E #3EB5AF #743EB5

square

#B53E44 #7FB53E #3EB5AF #743EB5

split-complementary

#B53E44 #3EB574 #3E7FB5

monochromatic

#5A1F22 #872E33 #B53E44 #CA666B #DA9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#B53E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B53E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E44

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E44	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.154 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27a77',
    500: '#b53e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e44;
$custom-light: #d27a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.975,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53412,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E44

secondary

#89C5C2

accent

#D9D24F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E44

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

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