#C53C36#C53C36

#C53C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.175 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C36
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 53.84, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 64.18, 32.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.1557 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.175 27)
XYZ	xyz(25.3105, 15.3721, 5.1237)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C36 #36BFC5

analogous

#C53678 #C53C36 #C58336

triadic

#C53C36 #36C53C #3C36C5

tetradic

#C53C36 #78C536 #36BFC5 #8336C5

square

#C53C36 #78C536 #36BFC5 #8336C5

split-complementary

#C53C36 #36C583 #3678C5

monochromatic

#651F1C #952D29 #C53C36 #D46864 #E29794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C53C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C53C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C36

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C36	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)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.175 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6d',
    500: '#c53c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c36;
$custom-light: #df7a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.517,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55639,
    "c": 0.17472,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C36

secondary

#8ACACD

accent

#DAE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C36

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

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