#C53950#C53950

#C53950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.176 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53950
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 56.44, 19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 59.69, 18.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1692 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.176 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9396, 15.3794, 9.1905)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53950 #39C5AE

analogous

#C53996 #C53950 #C56839

triadic

#C53950 #50C539 #3950C5

tetradic

#C53950 #96C539 #39C5AE #6839C5

square

#C53950 #96C539 #39C5AE #6839C5

split-complementary

#C53950 #39C568 #3996C5

monochromatic

#661E29 #962B3D #C53950 #D3687A #E197A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C53950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C53950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53950

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53950	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.176 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7980',
    500: '#c53950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53950;
$custom-light: #dd7980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55782,
    "c": 0.17576,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53950

secondary

#8DCDC2

accent

#DEC649

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53950

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

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