#C53845#C53845

#C53845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.177 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53845
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 56.11, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 61.71, 24.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1661 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.177 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5170, 15.1321, 7.2062)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53845 #38C5B8

analogous

#C5388C #C53845 #C57238

triadic

#C53845 #45C538 #3845C5

tetradic

#C53845 #8CC538 #38C5B8 #7238C5

square

#C53845 #8CC538 #38C5B8 #7238C5

split-complementary

#C53845 #38C572 #388CC5

monochromatic

#661D24 #952A34 #C53845 #D46771 #E1969D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C53845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C53845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53845

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53845	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8063E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.177 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7978',
    500: '#c53845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53845;
$custom-light: #de7978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.468,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55467,
    "c": 0.17692,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53845

secondary

#8CCDC7

accent

#DFD149

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53845

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

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