#C53642#C53642

#C53642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.179 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53642
RGB	rgb(197, 54, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 56.66, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 62.81, 25.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1672 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.179 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3312, 14.9058, 6.6965)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53642 #36C5B9

analogous

#C5368A #C53642 #C57236

triadic

#C53642 #42C536 #3642C5

tetradic

#C53642 #8AC536 #36C5B9 #7236C5

square

#C53642 #8AC536 #36C5B9 #7236C5

split-complementary

#C53642 #36C572 #368AC5

monochromatic

#651C22 #952932 #C53642 #D4646D #E2949A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#C53642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C53642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53642

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53642	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 54, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.179 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7876',
    500: '#c53642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53642;
$custom-light: #de7876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.965,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5522,
    "c": 0.17899,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53642

secondary

#8ACDC7

accent

#E0D348

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53642

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

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