#C53342#C53342

#C53342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.182 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53342
RGB	rgb(197, 51, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 57.70, 26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 63.55, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.1705 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.182 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1959, 14.6351, 6.6514)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53342 #33C5B6

analogous

#C5338B #C53342 #C56D33

triadic

#C53342 #42C533 #3342C5

tetradic

#C53342 #8BC533 #33C5B6 #6D33C5

square

#C53342 #8BC533 #33C5B6 #6D33C5

split-complementary

#C53342 #33C56D #338BC5

monochromatic

#641A21 #942632 #C53342 #D65F6C #E29099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C53342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C53342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53342

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53342	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 51, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.182 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7676',
    500: '#c53342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53342;
$custom-light: #de7676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.836,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54942,
    "c": 0.18173,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53342

secondary

#87CDC6

accent

#E2D246

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53342

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

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