#C53B50#C53B50

#C53B50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.174 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B50
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 55.69, 19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 59.10, 19.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1668 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.174 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0404, 15.5811, 9.2241)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B50 #3BC5B0

analogous

#C53B95 #C53B50 #C56B3B

triadic

#C53B50 #50C53B #3B50C5

tetradic

#C53B50 #95C53B #3BC5B0 #6B3BC5

square

#C53B50 #95C53B #3BC5B0 #6B3BC5

split-complementary

#C53B50 #3BC56B #3B95C5

monochromatic

#671F2A #962C3D #C53B50 #D36A7A #E199A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C53B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B50

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B50	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.174 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a80',
    500: '#c53b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b50;
$custom-light: #dd7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.87,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55983,
    "c": 0.17369,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B50

secondary

#8FCDC3

accent

#DEC74A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B50

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

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