#C53235#C53235

#C53235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.184 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53235
RGB	rgb(197, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 57.40, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 66.72, 30.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.1668 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.184 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8120, 14.4124, 4.8429)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53235 #32C5C2

analogous

#C5327E #C53235 #C57932

triadic

#C53235 #35C532 #3235C5

tetradic

#C53235 #7EC532 #32C5C2 #7932C5

square

#C53235 #7EC532 #32C5C2 #7932C5

split-complementary

#C53235 #32C579 #327EC5

monochromatic

#63191B #942628 #C53235 #D65E60 #E38F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C53235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C53235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53235

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53235	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)

#5E5634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.184 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df766c',
    500: '#c53235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53235;
$custom-light: #df766c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.776,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54649,
    "c": 0.1837,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53235

secondary

#86CDCC

accent

#E3DF45

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53235

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

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