#C53C43#C53C43

#C53C43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.173 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C43
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 54.50, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 61.05, 26.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1605 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.173 22)
XYZ	xyz(25.6576, 15.5110, 6.9520)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C43 #3CC5BE

analogous

#C53C88 #C53C43 #C5793C

triadic

#C53C43 #43C53C #3C43C5

tetradic

#C53C43 #88C53C #3CC5BE #793CC5

square

#C53C43 #88C53C #3CC5BE #793CC5

split-complementary

#C53C43 #3CC579 #3C88C5

monochromatic

#681F23 #972D32 #C53C43 #D36B70 #E19A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C53C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C43

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C43	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.173 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a77',
    500: '#c53c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c43;
$custom-light: #de7a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55838,
    "c": 0.17316,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.15507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C43

secondary

#90CDCA

accent

#DED64A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C43

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

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