#C53B35#C53B35

#C53B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B35
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 54.18, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 64.68, 33.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1566 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.176 27)
XYZ	xyz(25.2353, 15.2591, 4.9840)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B35 #35BFC5

analogous

#C53577 #C53B35 #C58335

triadic

#C53B35 #35C53B #3B35C5

tetradic

#C53B35 #77C535 #35BFC5 #8335C5

square

#C53B35 #77C535 #35BFC5 #8335C5

split-complementary

#C53B35 #35C583 #3577C5

monochromatic

#651E1B #952D28 #C53B35 #D56762 #E29693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C53B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C53B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B35

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B35	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9073B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6d',
    500: '#c53b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b35;
$custom-light: #df7a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5552,
    "c": 0.17579,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B35

secondary

#89CACD

accent

#DAE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B35

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

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