#C53835#C53835

#C53835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.178 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53835
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 55.30, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 65.37, 32.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1601 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.179 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0856, 14.9595, 4.9341)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53835 #35C2C5

analogous

#C5357A #C53835 #C58035

triadic

#C53835 #35C538 #3835C5

tetradic

#C53835 #7AC535 #35C2C5 #8035C5

square

#C53835 #7AC535 #35C2C5 #8035C5

split-complementary

#C53835 #35C580 #357AC5

monochromatic

#651D1B #952A28 #C53835 #D56562 #E29493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#C53835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C53835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53835

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53835	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.178 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df786d',
    500: '#c53835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53835;
$custom-light: #df786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.25,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55215,
    "c": 0.1785,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53835

secondary

#89CBCD

accent

#DEE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53835

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

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