#C53C48#C53C48

#C53C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C48
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 54.79, 24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 60.07, 24.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1624 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.173 20)
XYZ	xyz(25.8142, 15.5736, 7.7764)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C48 #3CC5B9

analogous

#C53C8C #C53C48 #C5753C

triadic

#C53C48 #48C53C #3C48C5

tetradic

#C53C48 #8CC53C #3CC5B9 #753CC5

square

#C53C48 #8CC53C #3CC5B9 #753CC5

split-complementary

#C53C48 #3CC575 #3C8CC5

monochromatic

#681F25 #972D36 #C53C48 #D36B74 #E19AA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C53C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C48

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C48	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b7b',
    500: '#c53c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c48;
$custom-light: #de7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.745,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55927,
    "c": 0.17282,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.1557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C48

secondary

#90CDC8

accent

#DED14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C48

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

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