#C53D35#C53D35

#C53D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.174 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D35
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 53)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 53.40, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 64.21, 33.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.1542 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.174 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3401, 15.4686, 5.0189)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D35 #35BDC5

analogous

#C53575 #C53D35 #C58535

triadic

#C53D35 #35C53D #3D35C5

tetradic

#C53D35 #75C535 #35BDC5 #8535C5

square

#C53D35 #75C535 #35BDC5 #8535C5

split-complementary

#C53D35 #35C585 #3575C5

monochromatic

#651F1B #952E28 #C53D35 #D56962 #E29793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D35

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D35	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.174 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6d',
    500: '#c53d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d35;
$custom-light: #df7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55732,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D35

secondary

#89C9CD

accent

#D8E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D35

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

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