#C53C31#C53C31

#C53C31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.175 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C31
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 49)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 53.62, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 65.55, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.154 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.175 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1990, 15.3276, 4.5368)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C31 #31BAC5

analogous

#C53170 #C53C31 #C58631

triadic

#C53C31 #31C53C #3C31C5

tetradic

#C53C31 #70C531 #31BAC5 #8631C5

square

#C53C31 #70C531 #31BAC5 #8631C5

split-complementary

#C53C31 #31C586 #3170C5

monochromatic

#631E19 #942D25 #C53C31 #D7665D #E3948E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C53C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C53C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C31

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C31	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)

#645A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9093B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.175 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6a',
    500: '#c53c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c31;
$custom-light: #df7a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.459,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55574,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C31

secondary

#85C8CD

accent

#D8E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C31

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

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