#C53B48#C53B48

#C53B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B48
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 55.17, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 60.35, 23.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1637 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.174 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7623, 15.4698, 7.7591)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B48 #3BC5B8

analogous

#C53B8D #C53B48 #C5733B

triadic

#C53B48 #48C53B #3B48C5

tetradic

#C53B48 #8DC53B #3BC5B8 #733BC5

square

#C53B48 #8DC53B #3BC5B8 #733BC5

split-complementary

#C53B48 #3BC573 #3B8DC5

monochromatic

#671F25 #962C36 #C53B48 #D36A74 #E199A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B48

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B48	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)

#605B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a7a',
    500: '#c53b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b48;
$custom-light: #de7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.348,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55824,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B48

secondary

#8FCDC7

accent

#DED04A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B48

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

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