#C53D3E#C53D3E

#C53D3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D3E
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 62)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(360, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 53.84, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 61.91, 29.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1574 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.173 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5669, 15.5593, 6.2135)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D3E #3DC5C4

analogous

#C53D82 #C53D3E #C5803D

triadic

#C53D3E #3EC53D #3D3EC5

tetradic

#C53D3E #82C53D #3DC5C4 #803DC5

square

#C53D3E #82C53D #3DC5C4 #803DC5

split-complementary

#C53D3E #3DC580 #3D82C5

monochromatic

#681F20 #982D2E #C53D3E #D36C6D #E19B9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C53D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D3E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D3E	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8143F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b73',
    500: '#c53d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d3e;
$custom-light: #de7b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.559,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55861,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D3E

secondary

#91CDCD

accent

#DDDC4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D3E

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

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