#C53B45#C53B45

#C53B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B45
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 54.99, 26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 60.91, 25.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1625 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.174 21)
XYZ	xyz(25.6668, 15.4316, 7.2562)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B45 #3BC5BB

analogous

#C53B8A #C53B45 #C5763B

triadic

#C53B45 #45C53B #3B45C5

tetradic

#C53B45 #8AC53B #3BC5BB #763BC5

square

#C53B45 #8AC53B #3BC5BB #763BC5

split-complementary

#C53B45 #3BC576 #3B8AC5

monochromatic

#671F24 #962C34 #C53B45 #D36A72 #E1999F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C53B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B45

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B45	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a78',
    500: '#c53b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b45;
$custom-light: #de7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.652,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55769,
    "c": 0.174,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.15428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B45

secondary

#8FCDC8

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B45

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

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