#C53C53#C53C53

#C53C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.173 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C53
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 83)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 55.52, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 58.43, 18.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1667 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.173 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2057, 15.7302, 9.8382)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C53 #3CC5AE

analogous

#C53C97 #C53C53 #C5693C

triadic

#C53C53 #53C53C #3C53C5

tetradic

#C53C53 #97C53C #3CC5AE #693CC5

square

#C53C53 #97C53C #3CC5AE #693CC5

split-complementary

#C53C53 #3CC569 #3C97C5

monochromatic

#681F2B #972D3F #C53C53 #D36B7D #E19AA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C53C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C53C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C53

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C53	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.173 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b83',
    500: '#c53c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c53;
$custom-light: #dd7b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.927,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5615,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C53

secondary

#90CDC3

accent

#DEC54A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C53

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

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