#C53C44#C53C44

#C53C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C44
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 54.55, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 60.84, 26.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1609 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.173 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6879, 15.5231, 7.1113)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C44 #3CC5BD

analogous

#C53C89 #C53C44 #C5783C

triadic

#C53C44 #44C53C #3C44C5

tetradic

#C53C44 #89C53C #3CC5BD #783CC5

square

#C53C44 #89C53C #3CC5BD #783CC5

split-complementary

#C53C44 #3CC578 #3C89C5

monochromatic

#681F23 #972D33 #C53C44 #D36B71 #E19A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C53C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C44

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C44	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)

#615B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a78',
    500: '#c53c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c44;
$custom-light: #de7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.496,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55855,
    "c": 0.17308,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C44

secondary

#90CDC9

accent

#DED54A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C44

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

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