#C53B32#C53B32

#C53B32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B32
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 50)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 54.05, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 65.50, 34.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1556 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.176 28)
XYZ	xyz(25.1685, 15.2323, 4.6319)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B32 #32BCC5

analogous

#C53273 #C53B32 #C58432

triadic

#C53B32 #32C53B #3B32C5

tetradic

#C53B32 #73C532 #32BCC5 #8432C5

square

#C53B32 #73C532 #32BCC5 #8432C5

split-complementary

#C53B32 #32C584 #3273C5

monochromatic

#631E19 #942C26 #C53B32 #D6655E #E3948F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C53B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C53B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B32

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B32	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9053A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6a',
    500: '#c53b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b32;
$custom-light: #df7a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55482,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.15229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B32

secondary

#86C9CD

accent

#D9E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B32

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

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