#C5353B#C5353B

#C5353B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.180 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5353B
RGB	rgb(197, 53, 59)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.27, 56.65, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.27, 64.58, 28.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1657 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.18 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0913, 14.7361, 5.6600)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5353B #35C5BF

analogous

#C53583 #C5353B #C57735

triadic

#C5353B #3BC535 #353BC5

tetradic

#C5353B #83C535 #35C5BF #7735C5

square

#C5353B #83C535 #35C5BF #7735C5

split-complementary

#C5353B #35C577 #3583C5

monochromatic

#651B1E #95282D #C5353B #D56267 #E29396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#C5353B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#C5353B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5353B

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5353B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5353B	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F573A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5353b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 53, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.180 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7771',
    500: '#c5353b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5353b;
$custom-light: #df7771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5353b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55011,
    "c": 0.18047,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5353B

secondary

#89CDCA

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5353B

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

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