#B53E4A#B53E4A

#B53E4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.154 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E4A
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 74)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 59.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 48.90, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 52.68, 21.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% 0.146 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.154 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0168, 13.7664, 7.9751)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E4A #3EB5A9

analogous

#B53E85 #B53E4A #B56E3E

triadic

#B53E4A #4AB53E #3E4AB5

tetradic

#B53E4A #85B53E #3EB5A9 #6E3EB5

square

#B53E4A #85B53E #3EB5A9 #6E3EB5

split-complementary

#B53E4A #3EB56E #3E85B5

monochromatic

#5A1F25 #872E37 #B53E4A #CA6670 #DA939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B53E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B53E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E4A

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E4A	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)

#5C584A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.154 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a7c',
    500: '#b53e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e4a;
$custom-light: #d17a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.95,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53532,
    "c": 0.15368,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E4A

secondary

#89C5BF

accent

#D9CB4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E4A

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

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