#C53931#C53931

#C53931 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.178 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53931
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 54.76, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 66.23, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1576 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.178 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0463, 15.0221, 4.4859)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53931 #31BDC5

analogous

#C53173 #C53931 #C58331

triadic

#C53931 #31C539 #3931C5

tetradic

#C53931 #73C531 #31BDC5 #8331C5

square

#C53931 #73C531 #31BDC5 #8331C5

split-complementary

#C53931 #31C583 #3173C5

monochromatic

#631D19 #942B25 #C53931 #D7635D #E3928E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C53931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C53931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53931

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53931	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62592F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.178 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df796a',
    500: '#c53931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53931;
$custom-light: #df796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.243,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55264,
    "c": 0.17818,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53931

secondary

#85C9CD

accent

#DBE344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53931

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

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