#C53C55#C53C55

#C53C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.173 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C55
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 85)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 55.67, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 58.22, 17.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1675 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.173 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2840, 15.7615, 10.2508)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C55 #3CC5AC

analogous

#C53C99 #C53C55 #C5673C

triadic

#C53C55 #55C53C #3C55C5

tetradic

#C53C55 #99C53C #3CC5AC #673CC5

square

#C53C55 #99C53C #3CC5AC #673CC5

split-complementary

#C53C55 #3CC567 #3C99C5

monochromatic

#681F2C #972D40 #C53C55 #D36B7E #E19AA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C53C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C53C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C55

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C55	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.173 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b84',
    500: '#c53c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c55;
$custom-light: #dd7b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.051,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56195,
    "c": 0.17281,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C55

secondary

#90CDC2

accent

#DEC34A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C55

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

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