#B53E59#B53E59

#B53E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.154 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53E59
RGB	rgb(181, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 50.10, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 51.25, 12.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1519 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.154 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5837, 13.9932, 10.9610)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53E59 #3EB59A

analogous

#B53E94 #B53E59 #B55F3E

triadic

#B53E59 #59B53E #3E59B5

tetradic

#B53E59 #94B53E #3EB59A #5F3EB5

square

#B53E59 #94B53E #3EB59A #5F3EB5

split-complementary

#B53E59 #3EB55F #3E94B5

monochromatic

#5A1F2C #872E43 #B53E59 #CA667D #DA93A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B53E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B53E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53E59

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53E59	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C52A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.154 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07a87',
    500: '#b53e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53e59;
$custom-light: #d07a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.387,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53882,
    "c": 0.15443,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53E59

secondary

#89C5B8

accent

#D9B94F

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53E59

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

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