#B53E55#B53E55

#B53E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.154 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E55
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 49.76, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 51.46, 14.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% 0.1504 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.154 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4203, 13.9278, 10.1003)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E55 #3EB59E

analogous

#B53E91 #B53E55 #B5623E

triadic

#B53E55 #55B53E #3E55B5

tetradic

#B53E55 #91B53E #3EB59E #623EB5

square

#B53E55 #91B53E #3EB59E #623EB5

split-complementary

#B53E55 #3EB562 #3E91B5

monochromatic

#5A1F2A #872E40 #B53E55 #CA6679 #DA93A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#B53E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B53E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E55

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E55	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.154 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a84',
    500: '#b53e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e55;
$custom-light: #d17a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.403,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53782,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E55

secondary

#89C5BA

accent

#D9BE4F

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E55

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

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