#B53F2E#B53F2E

#B53F2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.156 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53F2E
RGB	rgb(181, 63, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.62, 46.85, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.62, 59.00, 37.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.134 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.156 31)
XYZ	xyz(21.3290, 13.5791, 4.0822)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53F2E #2EA4B5

analogous

#B52E60 #B53F2E #B5832E

triadic

#B53F2E #2EB53F #3F2EB5

tetradic

#B53F2E #60B52E #2EA4B5 #832EB5

square

#B53F2E #60B52E #2EA4B5 #832EB5

split-complementary

#B53F2E #2EB583 #2E60B5

monochromatic

#531D15 #842E22 #B53F2E #D25F4E #DE8B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#B53F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B53F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53F2E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53F2E	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 63, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.156 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37a68',
    500: '#b53f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53f2e;
$custom-light: #d37a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53188,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.13576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53F2E

secondary

#78BDC7

accent

#CFE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53F2E

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

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