#C53A46#C53A46

#C53A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.175 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A46
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 64.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 55.43, 25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 60.99, 24.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1641 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.175 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6472, 15.3423, 7.4040)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A46 #3AC5B9

analogous

#C53A8C #C53A46 #C5733A

triadic

#C53A46 #46C53A #3A46C5

tetradic

#C53A46 #8CC53A #3AC5B9 #733AC5

square

#C53A46 #8CC53A #3AC5B9 #733AC5

split-complementary

#C53A46 #3AC573 #3A8CC5

monochromatic

#661E24 #962C35 #C53A46 #D36972 #E1999F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C53A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C53A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A46

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A46	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.175 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a79',
    500: '#c53a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a46;
$custom-light: #de7a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.82,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55685,
    "c": 0.17492,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A46

secondary

#8ECDC7

accent

#DED14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A46

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

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