#C53C38#C53C38

#C53C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.174 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C38
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 53.93, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 63.65, 32.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1564 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.174 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3584, 15.3913, 5.3762)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C38 #38C1C5

analogous

#C5387B #C53C38 #C58338

triadic

#C53C38 #38C53C #3C38C5

tetradic

#C53C38 #7BC538 #38C1C5 #8338C5

square

#C53C38 #7BC538 #38C1C5 #8338C5

split-complementary

#C53C38 #38C583 #387BC5

monochromatic

#661F1D #952D2A #C53C38 #D46A67 #E19896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C53C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C53C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C38

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C38	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.174 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a6f',
    500: '#c53c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c38;
$custom-light: #df7a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.702,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55666,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C38

secondary

#8CCBCD

accent

#DBDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C38

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

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