#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
RGB	rgb(197, 55, 65)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 56.25, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 62.76, 26.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1657 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.178 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3490, 14.9881, 6.5582)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##C53741	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C53741

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

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