#C53D45#C53D45

#C53D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.172 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D45
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 54.22, 26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 60.37, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1601 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.172 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7715, 15.6412, 7.2911)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D45 #3DC5BD

analogous

#C53D89 #C53D45 #C5793D

triadic

#C53D45 #45C53D #3D45C5

tetradic

#C53D45 #89C53D #3DC5BD #793DC5

square

#C53D45 #89C53D #3DC5BD #793DC5

split-complementary

#C53D45 #3DC579 #3D89C5

monochromatic

#681F24 #982D34 #C53D45 #D36C72 #E19B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C53D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C53D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D45

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D45	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.172 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b78',
    500: '#c53d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d45;
$custom-light: #de7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55978,
    "c": 0.17201,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D45

secondary

#91CDCA

accent

#DDD54A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D45

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

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