#C53938#C53938

#C53938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.177 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53938
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 55.06, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 64.36, 31.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.16 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.177 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2057, 15.0859, 5.3253)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53938 #38C4C5

analogous

#C5387D #C53938 #C58038

triadic

#C53938 #38C539 #3938C5

tetradic

#C53938 #7DC538 #38C4C5 #8038C5

square

#C53938 #7DC538 #38C4C5 #8038C5

split-complementary

#C53938 #38C580 #387DC5

monochromatic

#661D1D #952B2A #C53938 #D46767 #E19796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C53938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C53938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53938

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53938	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.177 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df796f',
    500: '#c53938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53938;
$custom-light: #df796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.426,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55357,
    "c": 0.1772,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53938

secondary

#8CCCCD

accent

#DEDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53938

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

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