#C53A38#C53A38

#C53A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A38
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 54.69, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 64.13, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.1589 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.176 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2556, 15.1857, 5.3419)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A38 #38C3C5

analogous

#C5387D #C53A38 #C58138

triadic

#C53A38 #38C53A #3A38C5

tetradic

#C53A38 #7DC538 #38C3C5 #8138C5

square

#C53A38 #7DC538 #38C3C5 #8138C5

split-complementary

#C53A38 #38C581 #387DC5

monochromatic

#661E1D #952C2A #C53A38 #D46867 #E19796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C53A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C53A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A38

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A38	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9053B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df796f',
    500: '#c53a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a38;
$custom-light: #df796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.851,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55458,
    "c": 0.17629,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A38

secondary

#8CCCCD

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A38

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

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