#C53C4E#C53C4E

#C53C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.173 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C4E
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 55.17, 21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 59.08, 20.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1648 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.173 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0195, 15.6558, 8.8580)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C4E #3CC5B3

analogous

#C53C92 #C53C4E #C56F3C

triadic

#C53C4E #4EC53C #3C4EC5

tetradic

#C53C4E #92C53C #3CC5B3 #6F3CC5

square

#C53C4E #92C53C #3CC5B3 #6F3CC5

split-complementary

#C53C4E #3CC56F #3C92C5

monochromatic

#681F28 #972D3B #C53C4E #D36B79 #E19AA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C53C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C53C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C4E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C4E	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.173 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b7f',
    500: '#c53c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c4e;
$custom-light: #dd7b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.117,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56044,
    "c": 0.17264,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C4E

secondary

#90CDC5

accent

#DECA4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C4E

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

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