#B53E49#B53E49

#B53E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.154 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E49
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 48.83, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 52.83, 22.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1456 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.154 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9834, 13.7530, 7.7990)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E49 #3EB5AA

analogous

#B53E84 #B53E49 #B56F3E

triadic

#B53E49 #49B53E #3E49B5

tetradic

#B53E49 #84B53E #3EB5AA #6F3EB5

square

#B53E49 #84B53E #3EB5AA #6F3EB5

split-complementary

#B53E49 #3EB56F #3E84B5

monochromatic

#5A1F24 #872E37 #B53E49 #CA666F #DA939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B53E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B53E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E49

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E49	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)

#5C5849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.154 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a7b',
    500: '#b53e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e49;
$custom-light: #d17a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.454,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53511,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E49

secondary

#89C5C0

accent

#D9CC4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E49

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

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