#C5383E#C5383E

#C5383E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.177 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5383E
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 62)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.70, 55.73, 29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.70, 63.17, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1634 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.177 23)
XYZ	xyz(25.3124, 15.0502, 6.1286)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5383E #38C5BF

analogous

#C53884 #C5383E #C57938

triadic

#C5383E #3EC538 #383EC5

tetradic

#C5383E #84C538 #38C5BF #7938C5

square

#C5383E #84C538 #38C5BF #7938C5

split-complementary

#C5383E #38C579 #3884C5

monochromatic

#661D20 #952A2F #C5383E #D4676B #E19699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C5383E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C5383E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5383E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5383E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5383E	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5383e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.177 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7873',
    500: '#c5383e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5383e;
$custom-light: #df7873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5383e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55348,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.15046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5383E

secondary

#8CCDCA

accent

#DFD949

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5383E

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

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