#C53853#C53853

#C53853 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.177 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53853
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 83)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 57.01, 17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 59.63, 17.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1715 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.177 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0040, 15.3269, 9.7710)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53853 #38C5AA

analogous

#C53899 #C53853 #C56438

triadic

#C53853 #53C538 #3853C5

tetradic

#C53853 #99C538 #38C5AA #6438C5

square

#C53853 #99C538 #38C5AA #6438C5

split-complementary

#C53853 #38C564 #3899C5

monochromatic

#661D2B #952A3F #C53853 #D4677B #E196A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C53853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C53853 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53853

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53853	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.177 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7983',
    500: '#c53853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53853;
$custom-light: #dd7983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.511,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55749,
    "c": 0.17689,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53853

secondary

#8CCDC0

accent

#DFC249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53853

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

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