#C53B49#C53B49

#C53B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B49
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 55.23, 23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 60.17, 23.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.164 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.174 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7951, 15.4830, 7.9323)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B49 #3BC5B7

analogous

#C53B8E #C53B49 #C5723B

triadic

#C53B49 #49C53B #3B49C5

tetradic

#C53B49 #8EC53B #3BC5B7 #723BC5

square

#C53B49 #8EC53B #3BC5B7 #723BC5

split-complementary

#C53B49 #3BC572 #3B8EC5

monochromatic

#671F26 #962C37 #C53B49 #D36A75 #E199A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B49

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B49	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a7b',
    500: '#c53b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b49;
$custom-light: #de7a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.913,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55843,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B49

secondary

#8FCDC6

accent

#DECF4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B49

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

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