#C53A49#C53A49

#C53A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.175 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A49
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.15, 55.61, 23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.15, 60.45, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1653 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.175 19)
XYZ	xyz(25.7442, 15.3812, 7.9153)
Luminance	0.1538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A49 #3AC5B6

analogous

#C53A8F #C53A49 #C5703A

triadic

#C53A49 #49C53A #3A49C5

tetradic

#C53A49 #8FC53A #3AC5B6 #703AC5

square

#C53A49 #8FC53A #3AC5B6 #703AC5

split-complementary

#C53A49 #3AC570 #3A8FC5

monochromatic

#661E26 #962C37 #C53A49 #D36975 #E199A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C53A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C53A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A49

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A49	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.175 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a7b',
    500: '#c53a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a49;
$custom-light: #de7a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.525,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55741,
    "c": 0.17479,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.15377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A49

secondary

#8ECDC6

accent

#DECE4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A49

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

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