#C53038#C53038

#C53038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.185 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53038
RGB	rgb(197, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 58.20, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 66.42, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.17 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.185 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7996, 14.2736, 5.1899)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53038 #30C5BD

analogous

#C53082 #C53038 #C57330

triadic

#C53038 #38C530 #3038C5

tetradic

#C53038 #82C530 #30C5BD #7330C5

square

#C53038 #82C530 #30C5BD #7330C5

split-complementary

#C53038 #30C573 #3082C5

monochromatic

#63181C #94242A #C53038 #D75B62 #E38C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C53038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C53038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53038

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53038	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.185 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df756e',
    500: '#c53038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53038;
$custom-light: #df756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.779,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54516,
    "c": 0.18505,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53038

secondary

#84CDC9

accent

#E4DB44

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53038

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

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