#C53959#C53959

#C53959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.176 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53959
RGB	rgb(197, 57, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(346, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 57.09, 14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 58.82, 13.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1727 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.176 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2947, 15.5215, 11.0606)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53959 #39C5A5

analogous

#C5399F #C53959 #C55F39

triadic

#C53959 #59C539 #3959C5

tetradic

#C53959 #9FC539 #39C5A5 #5F39C5

square

#C53959 #9FC539 #39C5A5 #5F39C5

split-complementary

#C53959 #39C55F #399FC5

monochromatic

#661E2E #962B44 #C53959 #D36880 #E197A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C53959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53959

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53959	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 57, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.176 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a87',
    500: '#c53959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53959;
$custom-light: #dd7a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.286,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55985,
    "c": 0.17632,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53959

secondary

#8DCDBE

accent

#DEBC49

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53959

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

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