#C53957#C53957

#C53957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.176 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53957
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 56.94, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 58.97, 15.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1719 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.176 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2118, 15.4883, 10.6243)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53957 #39C5A7

analogous

#C5399D #C53957 #C56139

triadic

#C53957 #57C539 #3957C5

tetradic

#C53957 #9DC539 #39C5A7 #6139C5

square

#C53957 #9DC539 #39C5A7 #6139C5

split-complementary

#C53957 #39C561 #399DC5

monochromatic

#661E2D #962B42 #C53957 #D3687F #E197A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53957

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53957	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.176 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7986',
    500: '#c53957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53957;
$custom-light: #dd7986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55938,
    "c": 0.17613,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53957

secondary

#8DCDBF

accent

#DEBE49

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53957

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

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