#B53E46#B53E46

#B53E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.154 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E46
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 48.62, 21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 53.34, 24.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.1444 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.154 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8863, 13.7142, 7.2878)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E46 #3EB5AD

analogous

#B53E82 #B53E46 #B5713E

triadic

#B53E46 #46B53E #3E46B5

tetradic

#B53E46 #82B53E #3EB5AD #713EB5

square

#B53E46 #82B53E #3EB5AD #713EB5

split-complementary

#B53E46 #3EB571 #3E82B5

monochromatic

#5A1F23 #872E34 #B53E46 #CA666C #DA9398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B53E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B53E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E46

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E46	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.154 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27a79',
    500: '#b53e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e46;
$custom-light: #d27a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.966,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5345,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E46

secondary

#89C5C1

accent

#D9CF4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E46

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

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