#C53856#C53856

#C53856 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.177 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53856
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 86)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 57.23, 15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 59.35, 15.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1727 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.177 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1223, 15.3742, 10.3943)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53856 #38C5A7

analogous

#C5389D #C53856 #C56138

triadic

#C53856 #56C538 #3856C5

tetradic

#C53856 #9DC538 #38C5A7 #6138C5

square

#C53856 #9DC538 #38C5A7 #6138C5

split-complementary

#C53856 #38C561 #389DC5

monochromatic

#661D2C #952A41 #C53856 #D4677E #E196A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C53856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C53856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53856

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53856	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.177 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7985',
    500: '#c53856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53856;
$custom-light: #dd7985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.234,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55817,
    "c": 0.1771,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53856

secondary

#8CCDBF

accent

#DFBF49

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53856

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

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