#B53E56#B53E56

#B53E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.154 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E56
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(348, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(348, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, 49.84, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 51.40, 14.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1508 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.154 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4603, 13.9438, 10.3110)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E56 #3EB59D

analogous

#B53E92 #B53E56 #B5613E

triadic

#B53E56 #56B53E #3E56B5

tetradic

#B53E56 #92B53E #3EB59D #613EB5

square

#B53E56 #92B53E #3EB59D #613EB5

split-complementary

#B53E56 #3EB561 #3E92B5

monochromatic

#5A1F2B #872E40 #B53E56 #CA667A #DA93A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B53E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B53E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E56

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E56	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.154 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17a85',
    500: '#b53e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e56;
$custom-light: #d17a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.899,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53806,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E56

secondary

#89C5B9

accent

#D9BD4F

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E56

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

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