#C53526#C53526

#C53526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.183 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53526
RGB	rgb(197, 53, 38)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 55.82, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 70.20, 37.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.1587 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.183 30)
XYZ	xyz(24.6519, 14.5603, 3.3457)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53526 #26B6C5

analogous

#C52666 #C53526 #C58426

triadic

#C53526 #26C535 #3526C5

tetradic

#C53526 #66C526 #26B6C5 #8426C5

square

#C53526 #66C526 #26B6C5 #8426C5

split-complementary

#C53526 #26C584 #2666C5

monochromatic

#5E1912 #92271C #C53526 #DC594C #E6897F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#C53526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#C53526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53526

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53526	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84761F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 53, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.183 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07762',
    500: '#c53526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53526;
$custom-light: #e07762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.66,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54751,
    "c": 0.18322,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.14556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53526

secondary

#78C7CF

accent

#DAEB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEEEA

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53526

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

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