#C53B46#C53B46

#C53B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B46
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 70)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 64.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 55.05, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 60.72, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.1629 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.174 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6981, 15.4442, 7.4210)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B46 #3BC5BA

analogous

#C53B8B #C53B46 #C5753B

triadic

#C53B46 #46C53B #3B46C5

tetradic

#C53B46 #8BC53B #3BC5BA #753BC5

square

#C53B46 #8BC53B #3BC5BA #753BC5

split-complementary

#C53B46 #3BC575 #3B8BC5

monochromatic

#671F24 #962C35 #C53B46 #D36A73 #E1999F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C53B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B46

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B46	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)

#615B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a79',
    500: '#c53b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b46;
$custom-light: #de7a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.217,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55787,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B46

secondary

#8FCDC8

accent

#DED24A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B46

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

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