#C53C3F#C53C3F

#C53C3F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C3F
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 63)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.26, 54.28, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.26, 61.93, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.159 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.174 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5418, 15.4646, 6.3417)
Luminance	0.1546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C3F #3CC5C2

analogous

#C53C83 #C53C3F #C57D3C

triadic

#C53C3F #3FC53C #3C3FC5

tetradic

#C53C3F #83C53C #3CC5C2 #7D3CC5

square

#C53C3F #83C53C #3CC5C2 #7D3CC5

split-complementary

#C53C3F #3CC57D #3C83C5

monochromatic

#681F20 #972D2F #C53C3F #D36B6D #E19A9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53C3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C3F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C3F	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85783B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8113F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a74',
    500: '#c53c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c3f;
$custom-light: #de7a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55771,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C3F

secondary

#90CDCC

accent

#DEDA4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C3F

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

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