#C53953#C53953

#C53953 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.176 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53953
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 83)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 56.65, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 59.34, 17.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.1703 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.176 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0529, 15.4248, 9.7873)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53953 #39C5AB

analogous

#C53999 #C53953 #C56539

triadic

#C53953 #53C539 #3953C5

tetradic

#C53953 #99C539 #39C5AB #6539C5

square

#C53953 #99C539 #39C5AB #6539C5

split-complementary

#C53953 #39C565 #3999C5

monochromatic

#661E2B #962B3F #C53953 #D3687C #E197A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C53953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C53953 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53953

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53953	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.176 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7983',
    500: '#c53953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53953;
$custom-light: #dd7983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55847,
    "c": 0.17586,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53953

secondary

#8DCDC1

accent

#DEC349

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53953

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

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