#C53335#C53335

#C53335 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.183 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53335
RGB	rgb(197, 51, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 57.07, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 66.50, 30.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% 0.1657 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.183 25)
XYZ	xyz(24.8552, 14.4988, 4.8573)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53335 #33C5C3

analogous

#C5337E #C53335 #C57A33

triadic

#C53335 #35C533 #3335C5

tetradic

#C53335 #7EC533 #33C5C3 #7A33C5

square

#C53335 #7EC533 #33C5C3 #7A33C5

split-complementary

#C53335 #33C57A #337EC5

monochromatic

#641A1B #942628 #C53335 #D65F61 #E29091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#C53335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#C53335 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53335

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53335	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 51, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.183 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df766c',
    500: '#c53335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53335;
$custom-light: #df766c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.178,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54739,
    "c": 0.18285,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.14495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53335

secondary

#87CDCC

accent

#E2E046

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53335

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

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