#C53842#C53842

#C53842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.177 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53842
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.77, 55.94, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.77, 62.30, 26.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.1649 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.177 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4262, 15.0958, 6.7281)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53842 #38C5BB

analogous

#C53888 #C53842 #C57538

triadic

#C53842 #42C538 #3842C5

tetradic

#C53842 #88C538 #38C5BB #7538C5

square

#C53842 #88C538 #38C5BB #7538C5

split-complementary

#C53842 #38C575 #3888C5

monochromatic

#661D22 #952A32 #C53842 #D4676E #E1969C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C53842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C53842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53842

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53842	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8043D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.177 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7976',
    500: '#c53842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53842;
$custom-light: #de7976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.745,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55414,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53842

secondary

#8CCDC8

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53842

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

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