#C53B38#C53B38

#C53B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.175 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B38
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 54.31, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 63.89, 31.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.1577 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.175 26)
XYZ	xyz(25.3065, 15.2875, 5.3589)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B38 #38C2C5

analogous

#C5387B #C53B38 #C58238

triadic

#C53B38 #38C53B #3B38C5

tetradic

#C53B38 #7BC538 #38C2C5 #8238C5

square

#C53B38 #7BC538 #38C2C5 #8238C5

split-complementary

#C53B38 #38C582 #387BC5

monochromatic

#661E1D #952D2A #C53B38 #D46967 #E19896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C53B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C53B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B38

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B38	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9093C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.175 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6f',
    500: '#c53b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b38;
$custom-light: #df7a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.277,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55561,
    "c": 0.17536,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.15284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B38

secondary

#8CCBCD

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B38

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

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