#C53C49#C53C49

#C53C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C49
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 54.85, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 59.89, 23.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1628 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.173 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8470, 15.5868, 7.9496)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C49 #3CC5B8

analogous

#C53C8D #C53C49 #C5743C

triadic

#C53C49 #49C53C #3C49C5

tetradic

#C53C49 #8DC53C #3CC5B8 #743CC5

square

#C53C49 #8DC53C #3CC5B8 #743CC5

split-complementary

#C53C49 #3CC574 #3C8DC5

monochromatic

#681F26 #972D37 #C53C49 #D36B75 #E19AA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C53C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C49

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C49	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b7b',
    500: '#c53c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c49;
$custom-light: #de7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.307,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55946,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C49

secondary

#90CDC7

accent

#DED04A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C49

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

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