#C53C32#C53C32

#C53C32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.175 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C32
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 50)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 53.66, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 65.27, 34.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1544 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.175 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2204, 15.3361, 4.6492)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C32 #32BBC5

analogous

#C53271 #C53C32 #C58532

triadic

#C53C32 #32C53C #3C32C5

tetradic

#C53C32 #71C532 #32BBC5 #8532C5

square

#C53C32 #71C532 #32BBC5 #8532C5

split-complementary

#C53C32 #32C585 #3271C5

monochromatic

#631E19 #942D26 #C53C32 #D6665E #E3958F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C53C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C53C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C32

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C32	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90A3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.175 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6b',
    500: '#c53c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c32;
$custom-light: #df7a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.082,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55587,
    "c": 0.17533,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C32

secondary

#86C8CD

accent

#D8E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C32

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

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