#C53C52#C53C52

#C53C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.173 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C52
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 82)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 58.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 55.45, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 58.55, 18.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1664 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.173 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1673, 15.7149, 9.6364)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C52 #3CC5AF

analogous

#C53C96 #C53C52 #C56A3C

triadic

#C53C52 #52C53C #3C52C5

tetradic

#C53C52 #96C53C #3CC5AF #6A3CC5

square

#C53C52 #96C53C #3CC5AF #6A3CC5

split-complementary

#C53C52 #3CC56A #3C96C5

monochromatic

#681F2B #972D3E #C53C52 #D36B7C #E19AA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C53C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C53C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C52

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C52	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.173 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b82',
    500: '#c53c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c52;
$custom-light: #dd7b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.365,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56128,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C52

secondary

#90CDC3

accent

#DEC64A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C52

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

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