#C53357#C53357

#C53357 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.182 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53357
RGB	rgb(197, 51, 87)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 59.04, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 60.75, 13.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1787 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.182 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9326, 14.9298, 10.5312)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53357 #33C5A1

analogous

#C533A0 #C53357 #C55833

triadic

#C53357 #57C533 #3357C5

tetradic

#C53357 #A0C533 #33C5A1 #5833C5

square

#C53357 #A0C533 #33C5A1 #5833C5

split-complementary

#C53357 #33C558 #33A0C5

monochromatic

#641A2C #942642 #C53357 #D65F7D #E290A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C53357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C53357 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53357

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53357	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D70442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 51, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.182 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7786',
    500: '#c53357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53357;
$custom-light: #dd7786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.205,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55376,
    "c": 0.18224,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53357

secondary

#87CDBC

accent

#E2BC46

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53357

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

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