#C53340#C53340

#C53340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.182 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53340
RGB	rgb(197, 51, 64)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 57.59, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 63.95, 25.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1698 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.182 21)
XYZ	xyz(25.1379, 14.6119, 6.3462)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53340 #33C5B8

analogous

#C53389 #C53340 #C56F33

triadic

#C53340 #40C533 #3340C5

tetradic

#C53340 #89C533 #33C5B8 #6F33C5

square

#C53340 #89C533 #33C5B8 #6F33C5

split-complementary

#C53340 #33C56F #3389C5

monochromatic

#641A20 #942630 #C53340 #D65F6A #E29097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C53340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#C53340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53340

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53340	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 51, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.182 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7674',
    500: '#c53340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53340;
$custom-light: #df7674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.658,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54907,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.14608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53340

secondary

#87CDC7

accent

#E2D446

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53340

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

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