#C53C45#C53C45

#C53C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C45
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 54.61, 26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 60.64, 25.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1613 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.173 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7187, 15.5354, 7.2735)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C45 #3CC5BC

analogous

#C53C8A #C53C45 #C5773C

triadic

#C53C45 #45C53C #3C45C5

tetradic

#C53C45 #8AC53C #3CC5BC #773CC5

square

#C53C45 #8AC53C #3CC5BC #773CC5

split-complementary

#C53C45 #3CC577 #3C8AC5

monochromatic

#681F24 #972D34 #C53C45 #D36B72 #E19A9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C53C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C45

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C45	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b78',
    500: '#c53c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c45;
$custom-light: #de7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.058,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55873,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C45

secondary

#90CDC9

accent

#DED44A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C45

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

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