#B53E48#B53E48

#B53E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.154 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E48
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 48.76, 20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 52.99, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1452 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.154 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9505, 13.7399, 7.6258)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E48 #3EB5AB

analogous

#B53E83 #B53E48 #B56F3E

triadic

#B53E48 #48B53E #3E48B5

tetradic

#B53E48 #83B53E #3EB5AB #6F3EB5

square

#B53E48 #83B53E #3EB5AB #6F3EB5

split-complementary

#B53E48 #3EB56F #3E83B5

monochromatic

#5A1F24 #872E36 #B53E48 #CA666E #DA9399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B53E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B53E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E48

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E48	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.154 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a7a',
    500: '#b53e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e48;
$custom-light: #d17a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.958,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5349,
    "c": 0.15374,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E48

secondary

#89C5C0

accent

#D9CD4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E48

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

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