#C53B34#C53B34

#C53B34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B34
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 52)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 54.13, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 64.95, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1563 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.176 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2126, 15.2500, 4.8641)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B34 #34BEC5

analogous

#C53476 #C53B34 #C58434

triadic

#C53B34 #34C53B #3B34C5

tetradic

#C53B34 #76C534 #34BEC5 #8434C5

square

#C53B34 #76C534 #34BEC5 #8434C5

split-complementary

#C53B34 #34C584 #3476C5

monochromatic

#641E1A #952D27 #C53B34 #D56761 #E29591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C53B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C53B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B34

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B34	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)

#635A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9073B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6c',
    500: '#c53b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b34;
$custom-light: #df7a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.897,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55507,
    "c": 0.17593,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B34

secondary

#88CACD

accent

#DAE146

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B34

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

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