#C53C35#C53C35

#C53C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.175 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C35
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 53.79, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 64.44, 33.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.1554 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.175 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2872, 15.3628, 5.0013)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C35 #35BEC5

analogous

#C53576 #C53C35 #C58435

triadic

#C53C35 #35C53C #3C35C5

tetradic

#C53C35 #76C535 #35BEC5 #8435C5

square

#C53C35 #76C535 #35BEC5 #8435C5

split-complementary

#C53C35 #35C584 #3576C5

monochromatic

#651F1B #952D28 #C53C35 #D56862 #E29693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C53C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C53C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C35

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C35	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)

#635A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.175 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6d',
    500: '#c53c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c35;
$custom-light: #df7a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.917,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55625,
    "c": 0.17487,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C35

secondary

#89CACD

accent

#D9E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C35

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

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