#C53B47#C53B47

#C53B47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B47
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 71)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 55.11, 25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 60.53, 24.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1633 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.174 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7299, 15.4569, 7.5886)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B47 #3BC5B9

analogous

#C53B8C #C53B47 #C5743B

triadic

#C53B47 #47C53B #3B47C5

tetradic

#C53B47 #8CC53B #3BC5B9 #743BC5

square

#C53B47 #8CC53B #3BC5B9 #743BC5

split-complementary

#C53B47 #3BC574 #3B8CC5

monochromatic

#671F25 #962C36 #C53B47 #D36A73 #E199A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B47

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B47	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a7a',
    500: '#c53b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b47;
$custom-light: #de7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55805,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B47

secondary

#8FCDC7

accent

#DED14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B47

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

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