#C53D40#C53D40

#C53D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.172 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D40
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 53.94, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 61.45, 28.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1582 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.172 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6228, 15.5817, 6.5079)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D40 #3DC5C2

analogous

#C53D84 #C53D40 #C57E3D

triadic

#C53D40 #40C53D #3D40C5

tetradic

#C53D40 #84C53D #3DC5C2 #7E3DC5

square

#C53D40 #84C53D #3DC5C2 #7E3DC5

split-complementary

#C53D40 #3DC57E #3D84C5

monochromatic

#681F21 #982D30 #C53D40 #D36C6E #E19B9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C53D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D40

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D40	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.172 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b75',
    500: '#c53d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d40;
$custom-light: #de7b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.676,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55893,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D40

secondary

#91CDCC

accent

#DDDA4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D40

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

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