#C53D36#C53D36

#C53D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.174 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D36
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 53.45, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 63.94, 33.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1545 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.174 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3634, 15.4779, 5.1413)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D36 #36BEC5

analogous

#C53677 #C53D36 #C58536

triadic

#C53D36 #36C53D #3D36C5

tetradic

#C53D36 #77C536 #36BEC5 #8536C5

square

#C53D36 #77C536 #36BEC5 #8536C5

split-complementary

#C53D36 #36C585 #3677C5

monochromatic

#651F1C #952E29 #C53D36 #D46964 #E29894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C53D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D36

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D36	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)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.174 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6d',
    500: '#c53d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d36;
$custom-light: #df7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.937,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55745,
    "c": 0.17379,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D36

secondary

#8AC9CD

accent

#D9E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D36

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

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