#C53A57#C53A57

#C53A57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.175 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53A57
RGB	rgb(197, 58, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 56.57, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 58.66, 15.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1707 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.175 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2618, 15.5882, 10.6409)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53A57 #3AC5A8

analogous

#C53A9D #C53A57 #C5623A

triadic

#C53A57 #57C53A #3A57C5

tetradic

#C53A57 #9DC53A #3AC5A8 #623AC5

square

#C53A57 #9DC53A #3AC5A8 #623AC5

split-complementary

#C53A57 #3AC562 #3A9DC5

monochromatic

#661E2D #962C42 #C53A57 #D3697F #E199A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C53A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53A57

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53A57	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 58, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.175 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a86',
    500: '#c53a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53a57;
$custom-light: #dd7a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.482,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56037,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53A57

secondary

#8ECDC0

accent

#DEBF4A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53A57

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

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