#C53836#C53836

#C53836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.178 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53836
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 55.34, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 65.11, 31.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1605 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.178 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1088, 14.9688, 5.0565)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53836 #36C3C5

analogous

#C5367C #C53836 #C58036

triadic

#C53836 #36C538 #3836C5

tetradic

#C53836 #7CC536 #36C3C5 #8036C5

square

#C53836 #7CC536 #36C3C5 #8036C5

split-complementary

#C53836 #36C580 #367CC5

monochromatic

#651D1C #952A29 #C53836 #D46564 #E29594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#C53836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C53836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53836

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53836	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)

#615834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.178 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df786d',
    500: '#c53836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53836;
$custom-light: #df786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.839,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55229,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53836

secondary

#8ACCCD

accent

#DEE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53836

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

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