#C53940#C53940

#C53940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53940
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 55.46, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 62.47, 27.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.163 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.176 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4172, 15.1705, 6.4393)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53940 #39C5BE

analogous

#C53986 #C53940 #C57839

triadic

#C53940 #40C539 #3940C5

tetradic

#C53940 #86C539 #39C5BE #7839C5

square

#C53940 #86C539 #39C5BE #7839C5

split-complementary

#C53940 #39C578 #3986C5

monochromatic

#661E21 #962B31 #C53940 #D3686D #E1979B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C53940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C53940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53940

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53940	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8063D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7975',
    500: '#c53940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53940;
$custom-light: #de7975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5548,
    "c": 0.17633,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53940

secondary

#8DCDC9

accent

#DED749

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53940

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

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