#C53A42#C53A42

#C53A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.175 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A42
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 55.20, 27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 61.79, 26.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1626 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.175 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5251, 15.2935, 6.7611)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A42 #3AC5BD

analogous

#C53A87 #C53A42 #C5783A

triadic

#C53A42 #42C53A #3A42C5

tetradic

#C53A42 #87C53A #3AC5BD #783AC5

square

#C53A42 #87C53A #3AC5BD #783AC5

split-complementary

#C53A42 #3AC578 #3A87C5

monochromatic

#661E22 #962C32 #C53A42 #D3696F #E1999D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C53A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C53A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A42

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A42	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.175 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7976',
    500: '#c53a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a42;
$custom-light: #de7976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.547,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55614,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A42

secondary

#8ECDC9

accent

#DED54A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A42

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

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