#C53C3D#C53C3D

#C53C3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.174 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C3D
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 61)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(360, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 54.17, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 62.40, 29.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1583 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.174 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4869, 15.4427, 6.0527)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C3D #3CC5C4

analogous

#C53C81 #C53C3D #C57F3C

triadic

#C53C3D #3DC53C #3C3DC5

tetradic

#C53C3D #81C53C #3CC5C4 #7F3CC5

square

#C53C3D #81C53C #3CC5C4 #7F3CC5

split-complementary

#C53C3D #3CC57F #3C81C5

monochromatic

#681F1F #972D2E #C53C3D #D36B6C #E19A9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C53C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53C3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C3D

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C3D	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8103E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.174 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a72',
    500: '#c53c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c3d;
$custom-light: #de7a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.562,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5574,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C3D

secondary

#90CDCD

accent

#DEDC4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C3D

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

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