#C53C2F#C53C2F

#C53C2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.176 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C2F
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 47)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 76.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 53.54, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 66.11, 35.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.1534 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.176 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1578, 15.3111, 4.3194)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C2F #2FB8C5

analogous

#C52F6D #C53C2F #C5872F

triadic

#C53C2F #2FC53C #3C2FC5

tetradic

#C53C2F #6DC52F #2FB8C5 #872FC5

square

#C53C2F #6DC52F #2FB8C5 #872FC5

split-complementary

#C53C2F #2FC587 #2F6DC5

monochromatic

#621E17 #942D23 #C53C2F #D8655A #E3938B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C53C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C53C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C2F

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C2F	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9083A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.176 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a68',
    500: '#c53c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c2f;
$custom-light: #df7a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.2,
    "s": 61.475,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55551,
    "c": 0.17582,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C2F

secondary

#82C7CD

accent

#D7E543

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C2F

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

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