#C53D2E#C53D2E

#C53D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.175 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D2E
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 76.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.19, 53.12, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.19, 66.18, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1518 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.175 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1907, 15.4088, 4.2320)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D2E #2EB6C5

analogous

#C52E6B #C53D2E #C5882E

triadic

#C53D2E #2EC53D #3D2EC5

tetradic

#C53D2E #6BC52E #2EB6C5 #882EC5

square

#C53D2E #6BC52E #2EB6C5 #882EC5

split-complementary

#C53D2E #2EC588 #2E6BC5

monochromatic

#621E17 #932E22 #C53D2E #D86558 #E4938A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C53D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C53D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D2E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D2E	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.175 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b68',
    500: '#c53d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d2e;
$custom-light: #df7b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.96,
    "s": 62.14,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55646,
    "c": 0.17508,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D2E

secondary

#81C6CE

accent

#D5E543

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D2E

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