#C53A48#C53A48

#C53A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.175 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A48
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 55.55, 24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 60.62, 23.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.1649 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.175 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7114, 15.3680, 7.7421)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A48 #3AC5B7

analogous

#C53A8D #C53A48 #C5723A

triadic

#C53A48 #48C53A #3A48C5

tetradic

#C53A48 #8DC53A #3AC5B7 #723AC5

square

#C53A48 #8DC53A #3AC5B7 #723AC5

split-complementary

#C53A48 #3AC572 #3A8DC5

monochromatic

#661E25 #962C37 #C53A48 #D36974 #E199A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C53A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C53A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A48

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A48	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)

#605B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.175 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a7a',
    500: '#c53a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a48;
$custom-light: #de7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.957,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55722,
    "c": 0.17483,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A48

secondary

#8ECDC6

accent

#DECF4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A48

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

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