#C53C4D#C53C4D

#C53C4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.173 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C4D
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 77)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 55.11, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 59.23, 21.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1644 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.173 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9839, 15.6415, 8.6706)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C4D #3CC5B4

analogous

#C53C91 #C53C4D #C5703C

triadic

#C53C4D #4DC53C #3C4DC5

tetradic

#C53C4D #91C53C #3CC5B4 #703CC5

square

#C53C4D #91C53C #3CC5B4 #703CC5

split-complementary

#C53C4D #3CC570 #3C91C5

monochromatic

#681F28 #972D3A #C53C4D #D36B78 #E19AA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C53C4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C53C4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C4D

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C4D	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.173 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b7e',
    500: '#c53c4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c4d;
$custom-light: #dd7b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.555,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56024,
    "c": 0.17266,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C4D

secondary

#90CDC5

accent

#DECB4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C4D

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

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