#C53829#C53829

#C53829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.180 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53829
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 41)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 79.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 54.84, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 68.71, 37.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% 0.1562 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.18 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8433, 14.8626, 3.6580)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53829 #29B6C5

analogous

#C52968 #C53829 #C58629

triadic

#C53829 #29C538 #3829C5

tetradic

#C53829 #68C529 #29B6C5 #8629C5

square

#C53829 #68C529 #29B6C5 #8629C5

split-complementary

#C53829 #29C586 #2968C5

monochromatic

#601B14 #922A1E #C53829 #DB5E51 #E58D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#C53829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#C53829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53829

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53829	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.180 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07864',
    500: '#c53829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53829;
$custom-light: #e07864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55073,
    "c": 0.18027,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53829

secondary

#7CC6CE

accent

#D8E83F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53829

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

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