#C53338#C53338

#C53338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.183 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53338
RGB	rgb(197, 51, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 57.20, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 65.75, 29.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1668 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.183 24)
XYZ	xyz(24.9264, 14.5273, 5.2322)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53338 #33C5C0

analogous

#C53381 #C53338 #C57733

triadic

#C53338 #38C533 #3338C5

tetradic

#C53338 #81C533 #33C5C0 #7733C5

square

#C53338 #81C533 #33C5C0 #7733C5

split-complementary

#C53338 #33C577 #3381C5

monochromatic

#641A1C #94262A #C53338 #D65F64 #E29093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#C53338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#C53338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53338

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53338	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 51, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.183 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df766f',
    500: '#c53338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53338;
$custom-light: #df766f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.945,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54781,
    "c": 0.18252,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.14523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53338

secondary

#87CDCB

accent

#E2DD46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53338

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

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