#B53E52#B53E52

#B53E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.154 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E52
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(350, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(350, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 49.51, 14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 51.70, 16.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1492 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.154 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3036, 13.8811, 9.4859)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E52 #3EB5A1

analogous

#B53E8D #B53E52 #B5663E

triadic

#B53E52 #52B53E #3E52B5

tetradic

#B53E52 #8DB53E #3EB5A1 #663EB5

square

#B53E52 #8DB53E #3EB5A1 #663EB5

split-complementary

#B53E52 #3EB566 #3E8DB5

monochromatic

#5A1F29 #872E3D #B53E52 #CA6677 #DA939F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B53E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B53E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E52

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E52	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79714F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.154 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a82',
    500: '#b53e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e52;
$custom-light: #d17a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.916,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53709,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E52

secondary

#89C5BB

accent

#D9C14F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E52

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

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