#C53741#C53741

#C53741 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.178 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C53741
RGBrgb(197, 55, 65)
HSLhsl(356, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(356, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 72.1%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(45.62, 56.25, 27.84)
CIE-LCHlch(45.62, 62.76, 26.33°)
OKLaboklab(55.3% 0.1657 0.0654)
OKLCHoklch(55.3% 0.178 21.5)
XYZxyz(25.3490, 14.9881, 6.5582)
Luminance0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C53741 #37C5BB
analogous
#C53788 #C53741 #C57437
triadic
#C53741 #41C537 #3741C5
tetradic
#C53741 #88C537 #37C5BB #7437C5
square
#C53741 #88C537 #37C5BB #7437C5
split-complementary
#C53741 #37C574 #3788C5
monochromatic
#651C21 #952A31 #C53741 #D4656D #E1959A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25
#C53741 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00
#C53741 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53741
5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C53741#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C537411.005.254.005.25
#FFFFFF5.251.0021.001.00
#0000004.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.251.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F5940
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#83773D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8003C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c53741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 55, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.178 21.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7875',
    500: '#c53741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c53741;
$custom-light: #de7875;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c53741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.775,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55299,
    "c": 0.17813,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C53741
secondary
#8BCDC8
accent
#E0D548
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#170A08
muted
#857C7B

Preview Lab

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#C53741 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva