#C53A45#C53A45

#C53A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.175 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A45
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 55.37, 26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 61.18, 25.17°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1637 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.175 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6159, 15.3298, 7.2392)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A45 #3AC5BA

analogous

#C53A8A #C53A45 #C5753A

triadic

#C53A45 #45C53A #3A45C5

tetradic

#C53A45 #8AC53A #3AC5BA #753AC5

square

#C53A45 #8AC53A #3AC5BA #753AC5

split-complementary

#C53A45 #3AC575 #3A8AC5

monochromatic

#661E24 #962C34 #C53A45 #D36972 #E1999E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C53A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C53A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A45

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A45	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.175 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a78',
    500: '#c53a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a45;
$custom-light: #de7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.252,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55667,
    "c": 0.17499,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A45

secondary

#8ECDC8

accent

#DED24A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A45

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

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