#C53B2E#C53B2E

#C53B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.177 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B2E
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 46)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 76.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 53.89, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 66.62, 36.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1543 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.177 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0859, 15.1993, 4.1971)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B2E #2EB8C5

analogous

#C52E6C #C53B2E #C5872E

triadic

#C53B2E #2EC53B #3B2EC5

tetradic

#C53B2E #6CC52E #2EB8C5 #872EC5

square

#C53B2E #6CC52E #2EB8C5 #872EC5

split-complementary

#C53B2E #2EC587 #2E6CC5

monochromatic

#621D17 #932C22 #C53B2E #D86358 #E4928A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C53B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C53B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B2E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B2E	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.177 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a68',
    500: '#c53b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b2e;
$custom-light: #df7a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.166,
    "s": 62.14,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55434,
    "c": 0.17687,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B2E

secondary

#81C7CE

accent

#D7E543

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B2E

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

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