#B53E53#B53E53

#B53E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.154 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E53
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 83)
HSL	hsl(349, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(349, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 49.59, 14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 51.62, 16.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.1496 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.154 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3420, 13.8965, 9.6877)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E53 #3EB5A0

analogous

#B53E8E #B53E53 #B5653E

triadic

#B53E53 #53B53E #3E53B5

tetradic

#B53E53 #8EB53E #3EB5A0 #653EB5

square

#B53E53 #8EB53E #3EB5A0 #653EB5

split-complementary

#B53E53 #3EB565 #3E8EB5

monochromatic

#5A1F29 #872E3E #B53E53 #CA6677 #DA93A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B53E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B53E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E53

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E53	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)

#5A5953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.154 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a83',
    500: '#b53e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e53;
$custom-light: #d17a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53733,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E53

secondary

#89C5BB

accent

#D9C04F

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E53

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

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