#B53E45#B53E45

#B53E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.154 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E45
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.80, 48.55, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.80, 53.52, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.144 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.154 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8550, 13.7017, 7.1229)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E45 #3EB5AE

analogous

#B53E80 #B53E45 #B5733E

triadic

#B53E45 #45B53E #3E45B5

tetradic

#B53E45 #80B53E #3EB5AE #733EB5

square

#B53E45 #80B53E #3EB5AE #733EB5

split-complementary

#B53E45 #3EB573 #3E80B5

monochromatic

#5A1F22 #872E34 #B53E45 #CA666C #DA9397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#B53E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B53E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E45

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E45	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)

#5D5844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.154 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27a78',
    500: '#b53e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e45;
$custom-light: #d27a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53431,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E45

secondary

#89C5C2

accent

#D9D04F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E45

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

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