#C53B4D#C53B4D

#C53B4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.174 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B4D
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 77)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 55.49, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 59.52, 21.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1656 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.174 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9321, 15.5377, 8.6533)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B4D #3BC5B3

analogous

#C53B92 #C53B4D #C56E3B

triadic

#C53B4D #4DC53B #3B4DC5

tetradic

#C53B4D #92C53B #3BC5B3 #6E3BC5

square

#C53B4D #92C53B #3BC5B3 #6E3BC5

split-complementary

#C53B4D #3BC56E #3B92C5

monochromatic

#671F28 #962C3A #C53B4D #D36A78 #E199A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C53B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B4D

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B4D	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.174 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a7e',
    500: '#c53b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b4d;
$custom-light: #de7a7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55921,
    "c": 0.17369,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B4D

secondary

#8FCDC5

accent

#DECA4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B4D

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

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