#C53948#C53948

#C53948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.176 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53948
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 55.92, 24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 60.89, 23.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.166 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.176 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6614, 15.2682, 7.7254)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53948 #39C5B6

analogous

#C5398E #C53948 #C57039

triadic

#C53948 #48C539 #3948C5

tetradic

#C53948 #8EC539 #39C5B6 #7039C5

square

#C53948 #8EC539 #39C5B6 #7039C5

split-complementary

#C53948 #39C570 #398EC5

monochromatic

#661E25 #962B37 #C53948 #D36873 #E1979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C53948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C53948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53948

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53948	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.176 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de797a',
    500: '#c53948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53948;
$custom-light: #de797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55621,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53948

secondary

#8DCDC6

accent

#DECE49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53948

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

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