#C53B36#C53B36

#C53B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.176 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B36
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 54.22, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 64.41, 32.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.1569 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.176 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2586, 15.2684, 5.1064)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B36 #36C0C5

analogous

#C53679 #C53B36 #C58336

triadic

#C53B36 #36C53B #3B36C5

tetradic

#C53B36 #79C536 #36C0C5 #8336C5

square

#C53B36 #79C536 #36C0C5 #8336C5

split-complementary

#C53B36 #36C583 #3679C5

monochromatic

#651E1C #952D29 #C53B36 #D46864 #E29794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C53B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C53B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B36

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B36	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)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9083B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.176 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6d',
    500: '#c53b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b36;
$custom-light: #df7a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.098,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55534,
    "c": 0.17564,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B36

secondary

#8ACACD

accent

#DBE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B36

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

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