#C53A55#C53A55

#C53A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.175 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A55
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 56.42, 16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 58.83, 16.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1699 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.175 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1812, 15.5559, 10.2165)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A55 #3AC5AA

analogous

#C53A9B #C53A55 #C5643A

triadic

#C53A55 #55C53A #3A55C5

tetradic

#C53A55 #9BC53A #3AC5AA #643AC5

square

#C53A55 #9BC53A #3AC5AA #643AC5

split-complementary

#C53A55 #3AC564 #3A9BC5

monochromatic

#661E2C #962C41 #C53A55 #D3697E #E199A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C53A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A55

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A55	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.175 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a84',
    500: '#c53a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a55;
$custom-light: #dd7a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.345,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55991,
    "c": 0.17493,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A55

secondary

#8ECDC0

accent

#DEC14A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A55

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

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