#C5394E#C5394E

#C5394E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.176 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5394E
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 56.30, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 59.95, 20.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1684 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.176 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8668, 15.3503, 8.8071)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5394E #39C5B0

analogous

#C53994 #C5394E #C56A39

triadic

#C5394E #4EC539 #394EC5

tetradic

#C5394E #94C539 #39C5B0 #6A39C5

square

#C5394E #94C539 #39C5B0 #6A39C5

split-complementary

#C5394E #39C56A #3994C5

monochromatic

#661E28 #962B3B #C5394E #D36878 #E197A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C5394E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C5394E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5394E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5394E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5394E	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5394e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.176 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de797f',
    500: '#c5394e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5394e;
$custom-light: #de797f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5394e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5574,
    "c": 0.17573,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5394E

secondary

#8DCDC3

accent

#DEC849

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5394E

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

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