#C53949#C53949

#C53949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.176 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53949
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 55.98, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 60.72, 22.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.1664 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.176 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6943, 15.2813, 7.8987)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53949 #39C5B5

analogous

#C5398F #C53949 #C56F39

triadic

#C53949 #49C539 #3949C5

tetradic

#C53949 #8FC539 #39C5B5 #6F39C5

square

#C53949 #8FC539 #39C5B5 #6F39C5

split-complementary

#C53949 #39C56F #398FC5

monochromatic

#661E26 #962B37 #C53949 #D36874 #E197A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C53949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C53949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53949

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53949	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.176 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de797b',
    500: '#c53949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53949;
$custom-light: #de797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5564,
    "c": 0.17578,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53949

secondary

#8DCDC5

accent

#DECD49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53949

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

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