#C5353E#C5353E

#C5353E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.180 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5353E
RGB	rgb(197, 53, 62)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.31, 56.80, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.31, 63.90, 27.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1668 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.18 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1713, 14.7681, 6.0816)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5353E #35C5BC

analogous

#C53586 #C5353E #C57435

triadic

#C5353E #3EC535 #353EC5

tetradic

#C5353E #86C535 #35C5BC #7435C5

square

#C5353E #86C535 #35C5BC #7435C5

split-complementary

#C5353E #35C574 #3586C5

monochromatic

#651B20 #95282F #C5353E #D5626A #E29398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#C5353E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#C5353E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5353E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5353E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5353E	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E583D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5353e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 53, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.180 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7773',
    500: '#c5353e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5353e;
$custom-light: #df7773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5353e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55059,
    "c": 0.18021,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5353E

secondary

#89CDC9

accent

#E1D747

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5353E

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

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