#B53E50#B53E50

#B53E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.154 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E50
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(351, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 49.35, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 51.90, 18.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1484 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.154 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2286, 13.8511, 9.0909)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E50 #3EB5A3

analogous

#B53E8C #B53E50 #B5673E

triadic

#B53E50 #50B53E #3E50B5

tetradic

#B53E50 #8CB53E #3EB5A3 #673EB5

square

#B53E50 #8CB53E #3EB5A3 #673EB5

split-complementary

#B53E50 #3EB567 #3E8CB5

monochromatic

#5A1F28 #872E3C #B53E50 #CA6675 #DA939E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B53E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B53E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E50

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E50	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79714D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.154 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a80',
    500: '#b53e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e50;
$custom-light: #d17a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.924,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53663,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E50

secondary

#89C5BC

accent

#D9C44F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E50

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

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