#C53D43#C53D43

#C53D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.172 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D43
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, 54.11, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 60.79, 27.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1593 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.172 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7105, 15.6168, 6.9696)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D43 #3DC5BF

analogous

#C53D87 #C53D43 #C57B3D

triadic

#C53D43 #43C53D #3D43C5

tetradic

#C53D43 #87C53D #3DC5BF #7B3DC5

square

#C53D43 #87C53D #3DC5BF #7B3DC5

split-complementary

#C53D43 #3DC57B #3D87C5

monochromatic

#681F22 #982D32 #C53D43 #D36C71 #E19B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C53D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53D43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D43

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D43	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.172 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b77',
    500: '#c53d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d43;
$custom-light: #de7b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55943,
    "c": 0.17218,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D43

secondary

#91CDCA

accent

#DDD74A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D43

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

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