#C53859#C53859

#C53859 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.177 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53859
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(346, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 57.45, 13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 59.13, 13.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1738 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.177 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2457, 15.4236, 11.0443)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53859 #38C5A4

analogous

#C538A0 #C53859 #C55D38

triadic

#C53859 #59C538 #3859C5

tetradic

#C53859 #A0C538 #38C5A4 #5D38C5

square

#C53859 #A0C538 #38C5A4 #5D38C5

split-complementary

#C53859 #38C55D #38A0C5

monochromatic

#661D2E #952A43 #C53859 #D46780 #E196A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C53859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C53859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53859

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53859	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.177 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7987',
    500: '#c53859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53859;
$custom-light: #dd7987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.957,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55888,
    "c": 0.17737,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53859

secondary

#8CCDBE

accent

#DFBC49

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53859

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

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