#C53843#C53843

#C53843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.177 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53843
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 56.00, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 62.10, 25.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1653 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.177 21)
XYZ	xyz(25.4560, 15.1077, 6.8848)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53843 #38C5BA

analogous

#C5388A #C53843 #C57438

triadic

#C53843 #43C538 #3843C5

tetradic

#C53843 #8AC538 #38C5BA #7438C5

square

#C53843 #8AC538 #38C5BA #7438C5

split-complementary

#C53843 #38C574 #388AC5

monochromatic

#661D23 #952A33 #C53843 #D4676F #E1969C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C53843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C53843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53843

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53843	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8043D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.177 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7977',
    500: '#c53843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53843;
$custom-light: #de7977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55431,
    "c": 0.17704,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.15104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53843

secondary

#8CCDC8

accent

#DFD349

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53843

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

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