#C53955#C53955

#C53955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.176 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53955
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 56.79, 16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 59.14, 16.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1711 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.176 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1313, 15.4561, 10.1999)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53955 #39C5A9

analogous

#C5399B #C53955 #C56339

triadic

#C53955 #55C539 #3955C5

tetradic

#C53955 #9BC539 #39C5A9 #6339C5

square

#C53955 #9BC539 #39C5A9 #6339C5

split-complementary

#C53955 #39C563 #399BC5

monochromatic

#661E2C #962B41 #C53955 #D3687D #E197A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53955

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53955	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.176 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7984',
    500: '#c53955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53955;
$custom-light: #dd7984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55892,
    "c": 0.17598,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53955

secondary

#8DCDC0

accent

#DEC149

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53955

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

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