#C53234#C53234

#C53234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.184 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53234
RGB	rgb(197, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 57.36, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 66.97, 31.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1664 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.184 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7893, 14.4033, 4.7230)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53234 #32C5C3

analogous

#C5327D #C53234 #C57932

triadic

#C53234 #34C532 #3234C5

tetradic

#C53234 #7DC532 #32C5C3 #7932C5

square

#C53234 #7DC532 #32C5C3 #7932C5

split-complementary

#C53234 #32C579 #327DC5

monochromatic

#63191A #942627 #C53234 #D65E60 #E38F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C53234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C53234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53234

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53234	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.184 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df756c',
    500: '#c53234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53234;
$custom-light: #df756c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.184,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54635,
    "c": 0.18381,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53234

secondary

#86CDCC

accent

#E3E145

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53234

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

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