#C53A36#C53A36

#C53A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.177 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A36
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 54.60, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 64.65, 32.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1581 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.177 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2077, 15.1665, 5.0894)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A36 #36C1C5

analogous

#C5367A #C53A36 #C58236

triadic

#C53A36 #36C53A #3A36C5

tetradic

#C53A36 #7AC536 #36C1C5 #8236C5

square

#C53A36 #7AC536 #36C1C5 #8236C5

split-complementary

#C53A36 #36C582 #367AC5

monochromatic

#651E1C #952C29 #C53A36 #D46764 #E29694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C53A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C53A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A36

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A36	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9033B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.177 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df796d',
    500: '#c53a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a36;
$custom-light: #df796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.678,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55431,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A36

secondary

#8ACBCD

accent

#DCE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A36

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

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