#C53A3E#C53A3E

#C53A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A3E
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 62)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 54.99, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 62.67, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.161 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.176 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4113, 15.2480, 6.1616)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A3E #3AC5C1

analogous

#C53A84 #C53A3E #C57B3A

triadic

#C53A3E #3EC53A #3A3EC5

tetradic

#C53A3E #84C53A #3AC5C1 #7B3AC5

square

#C53A3E #84C53A #3AC5C1 #7B3AC5

split-complementary

#C53A3E #3AC57B #3A84C5

monochromatic

#661E20 #962C2F #C53A3E #D3696C #E1999B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C53A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C53A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A3E

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A3E	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8093D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7973',
    500: '#c53a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a3e;
$custom-light: #de7973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.273,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55548,
    "c": 0.17558,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A3E

secondary

#8ECDCB

accent

#DEDA4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A3E

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

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