#C53744#C53744

#C53744 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.178 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53744
RGB	rgb(197, 55, 68)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 56.41, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 62.16, 24.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1668 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.178 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4382, 15.0238, 7.0281)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53744 #37C5B8

analogous

#C5378B #C53744 #C57137

triadic

#C53744 #44C537 #3744C5

tetradic

#C53744 #8BC537 #37C5B8 #7137C5

square

#C53744 #8BC537 #37C5B8 #7137C5

split-complementary

#C53744 #37C571 #378BC5

monochromatic

#651C23 #952A33 #C53744 #D4656F #E1959C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C53744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C53744 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53744

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53744	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8013D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 55, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.178 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7877',
    500: '#c53744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53744;
$custom-light: #de7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.507,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55351,
    "c": 0.17793,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53744

secondary

#8BCDC7

accent

#E0D248

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53744

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

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