#C53A51#C53A51

#C53A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.175 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A51
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 81)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 56.14, 19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 59.27, 18.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1684 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.175 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0268, 15.4942, 9.4032)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A51 #3AC5AE

analogous

#C53A96 #C53A51 #C5693A

triadic

#C53A51 #51C53A #3A51C5

tetradic

#C53A51 #96C53A #3AC5AE #693AC5

square

#C53A51 #96C53A #3AC5AE #693AC5

split-complementary

#C53A51 #3AC569 #3A96C5

monochromatic

#661E2A #962C3E #C53A51 #D3697B #E199A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C53A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A51

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A51	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.175 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a81',
    500: '#c53a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a51;
$custom-light: #dd7a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.072,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55903,
    "c": 0.17476,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A51

secondary

#8ECDC2

accent

#DEC54A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A51

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

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