#C53942#C53942

#C53942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53942
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.90, 55.57, 27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.90, 62.04, 26.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1637 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.176 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4752, 15.1937, 6.7444)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53942 #39C5BC

analogous

#C53988 #C53942 #C57639

triadic

#C53942 #42C539 #3942C5

tetradic

#C53942 #88C539 #39C5BC #7639C5

square

#C53942 #88C539 #39C5BC #7639C5

split-complementary

#C53942 #39C576 #3988C5

monochromatic

#661E22 #962B32 #C53942 #D3686F #E1979C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C53942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C53942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53942

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53942	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8083E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7976',
    500: '#c53942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53942;
$custom-light: #de7976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55513,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53942

secondary

#8DCDC9

accent

#DED549

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53942

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

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