#C53C3B#C53C3B

#C53C3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.174 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C3B
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 59)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 54.07, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 62.89, 30.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.1575 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.174 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4340, 15.4215, 5.7742)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C3B #3BC4C5

analogous

#C53B7F #C53C3B #C5813B

triadic

#C53C3B #3BC53C #3C3BC5

tetradic

#C53C3B #7FC53B #3BC4C5 #813BC5

square

#C53C3B #7FC53B #3BC4C5 #813BC5

split-complementary

#C53C3B #3BC581 #3B7FC5

monochromatic

#671F1F #962D2C #C53C3B #D36B6A #E19A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C53C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C53C3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C3B

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C3B	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D80F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.174 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7a71',
    500: '#c53c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c3b;
$custom-light: #df7a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.435,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5571,
    "c": 0.17403,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C3B

secondary

#8FCCCD

accent

#DDDE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C3B

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

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