#C53C56#C53C56

#C53C56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.173 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53C56
RGB	rgb(197, 60, 86)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 55.74, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 58.12, 16.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1679 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.173 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3240, 15.7775, 10.4615)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53C56 #3CC5AB

analogous

#C53C9A #C53C56 #C5663C

triadic

#C53C56 #56C53C #3C56C5

tetradic

#C53C56 #9AC53C #3CC5AB #663CC5

square

#C53C56 #9AC53C #3CC5AB #663CC5

split-complementary

#C53C56 #3CC566 #3C9AC5

monochromatic

#681F2D #972D41 #C53C56 #D36B7F #E19AA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C53C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C53C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53C56

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53C56	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 60, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.173 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b85',
    500: '#c53c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53c56;
$custom-light: #dd7b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.613,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56217,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53C56

secondary

#90CDC1

accent

#DEC24A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53C56

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

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