#C53A32#C53A32

#C53A32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.177 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A32
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 50)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 54.43, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 65.72, 34.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1568 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.177 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1176, 15.1305, 4.6149)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A32 #32BDC5

analogous

#C53273 #C53A32 #C58332

triadic

#C53A32 #32C53A #3A32C5

tetradic

#C53A32 #73C532 #32BDC5 #8332C5

square

#C53A32 #73C532 #32BDC5 #8332C5

split-complementary

#C53A32 #32C583 #3273C5

monochromatic

#631D19 #942C26 #C53A32 #D6655E #E3938F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C53A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C53A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A32

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A32	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.177 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df796a',
    500: '#c53a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a32;
$custom-light: #df796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.265,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55378,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A32

secondary

#86C9CD

accent

#DAE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A32

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

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