#C53231#C53231

#C53231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.184 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53231
RGB	rgb(197, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 57.24, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 67.76, 32.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% 0.1654 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.184 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7238, 14.3771, 4.3784)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53231 #31C4C5

analogous

#C5317A #C53231 #C57C31

triadic

#C53231 #31C532 #3231C5

tetradic

#C53231 #7AC531 #31C4C5 #7C31C5

square

#C53231 #7AC531 #31C4C5 #7C31C5

split-complementary

#C53231 #31C57C #317AC5

monochromatic

#631919 #942625 #C53231 #D75D5D #E38E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C53231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C53231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53231

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53231	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E562F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83752B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.184 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07569',
    500: '#c53231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53231;
$custom-light: #e07569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.405,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54596,
    "c": 0.18417,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53231

secondary

#85CDCD

accent

#E2E344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53231

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

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