#C53936#C53936

#C53936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.177 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53936
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 54.97, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 64.88, 32.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1593 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.177 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1578, 15.0667, 5.0728)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53936 #36C2C5

analogous

#C5367B #C53936 #C58136

triadic

#C53936 #36C539 #3936C5

tetradic

#C53936 #7BC536 #36C2C5 #8136C5

square

#C53936 #7BC536 #36C2C5 #8136C5

split-complementary

#C53936 #36C581 #367BC5

monochromatic

#651D1C #952B29 #C53936 #D46664 #E29594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C53936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C53936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53936

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53936	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.177 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df796d',
    500: '#c53936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53936;
$custom-light: #df796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.259,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55329,
    "c": 0.17746,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53936

secondary

#8ACBCD

accent

#DDE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53936

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

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