#C53C30#C53C30

#C53C30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.176 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C30
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 48)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 53.58, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 65.83, 35.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.1537 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.176 29)
XYZ	xyz(25.1782, 15.3192, 4.4269)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C30 #30B9C5

analogous

#C5306F #C53C30 #C58630

triadic

#C53C30 #30C53C #3C30C5

tetradic

#C53C30 #6FC530 #30B9C5 #8630C5

square

#C53C30 #6FC530 #30B9C5 #8630C5

split-complementary

#C53C30 #30C586 #306FC5

monochromatic

#631E18 #942D24 #C53C30 #D7655B #E3938C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C53C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C53C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C30

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C30	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)

#645A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9093A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.176 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a69',
    500: '#c53c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c30;
$custom-light: #df7a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.832,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55562,
    "c": 0.17565,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.15315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C30

secondary

#84C7CD

accent

#D7E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C30

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

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