#C53B53#C53B53

#C53B53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.174 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53B53
RGB	rgb(197, 59, 83)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 55.90, 18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 58.74, 17.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.168 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.174 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1538, 15.6264, 9.8210)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53B53 #3BC5AD

analogous

#C53B98 #C53B53 #C5683B

triadic

#C53B53 #53C53B #3B53C5

tetradic

#C53B53 #98C53B #3BC5AD #683BC5

square

#C53B53 #98C53B #3BC5AD #683BC5

split-complementary

#C53B53 #3BC568 #3B98C5

monochromatic

#671F2B #962C3F #C53B53 #D36A7C #E199A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C53B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53B53

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53B53	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 59, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.174 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a83',
    500: '#c53b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53b53;
$custom-light: #dd7a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.565,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56047,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53B53

secondary

#8FCDC2

accent

#DEC44A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53B53

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

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