#C53532#C53532

#C53532 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.182 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53532
RGB	rgb(197, 53, 50)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 56.25, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 66.84, 32.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.1625 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.182 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8776, 14.6506, 4.5349)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53532 #32C2C5

analogous

#C53279 #C53532 #C57E32

triadic

#C53532 #32C535 #3532C5

tetradic

#C53532 #79C532 #32C2C5 #7E32C5

square

#C53532 #79C532 #32C2C5 #7E32C5

split-complementary

#C53532 #32C57E #3279C5

monochromatic

#631B19 #942826 #C53532 #D6605E #E3918F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#C53532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C53532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53532

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53532	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 53, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.182 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df776a',
    500: '#c53532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53532;
$custom-light: #df776a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54885,
    "c": 0.18152,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53532

secondary

#86CCCD

accent

#DFE345

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53532

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

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