#C53226#C53226

#C53226 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.186 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53226
RGB	rgb(197, 50, 38)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 56.86, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 70.81, 36.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% 0.162 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.186 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5194, 14.2953, 3.3016)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53226 #26B9C5

analogous

#C52669 #C53226 #C58126

triadic

#C53226 #26C532 #3226C5

tetradic

#C53226 #69C526 #26B9C5 #8126C5

square

#C53226 #69C526 #26B9C5 #8126C5

split-complementary

#C53226 #26C581 #2669C5

monochromatic

#5E1812 #92251C #C53226 #DC574C #E6877F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C53226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C53226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53226

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53226	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83751F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 50, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.186 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07562',
    500: '#c53226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53226;
$custom-light: #e07562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.528,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54473,
    "c": 0.18564,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53226

secondary

#78C8CF

accent

#DDEB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEDEA

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53226

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

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