#C53D32#C53D32

#C53D32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.174 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D32
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 50)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 53.27, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 65.04, 35.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1531 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.174 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2733, 15.4419, 4.6668)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D32 #32BAC5

analogous

#C53270 #C53D32 #C58632

triadic

#C53D32 #32C53D #3D32C5

tetradic

#C53D32 #70C532 #32BAC5 #8632C5

square

#C53D32 #70C532 #32BAC5 #8632C5

split-complementary

#C53D32 #32C586 #3270C5

monochromatic

#631F19 #942E26 #C53D32 #D6675E #E3958F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C53D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D32

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D32	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.174 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6b',
    500: '#c53d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d32;
$custom-light: #df7b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.49,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55693,
    "c": 0.17442,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D32

secondary

#86C8CD

accent

#D7E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D32

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

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