#C53B4F#C53B4F

#C53B4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.174 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B4F
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 79)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 59.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 55.62, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 59.23, 20.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.1664 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.174 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0038, 15.5664, 9.0310)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B4F #3BC5B1

analogous

#C53B94 #C53B4F #C56C3B

triadic

#C53B4F #4FC53B #3B4FC5

tetradic

#C53B4F #94C53B #3BC5B1 #6C3BC5

square

#C53B4F #94C53B #3BC5B1 #6C3BC5

split-complementary

#C53B4F #3BC56C #3B94C5

monochromatic

#671F29 #962C3C #C53B4F #D36A79 #E199A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C53B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B4F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B4F	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)

#5F5C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.174 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a80',
    500: '#c53b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b4f;
$custom-light: #dd7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.304,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55962,
    "c": 0.17368,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B4F

secondary

#8FCDC4

accent

#DEC84A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B4F

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

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