#C53D48#C53D48

#C53D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.172 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D48
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, 54.40, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 59.79, 24.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1612 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.172 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8670, 15.6794, 7.7940)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D48 #3DC5BA

analogous

#C53D8C #C53D48 #C5763D

triadic

#C53D48 #48C53D #3D48C5

tetradic

#C53D48 #8CC53D #3DC5BA #763DC5

square

#C53D48 #8CC53D #3DC5BA #763DC5

split-complementary

#C53D48 #3DC576 #3D8CC5

monochromatic

#681F25 #982D36 #C53D48 #D36C74 #E19BA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C53D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C53D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D48

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D48	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.172 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b7b',
    500: '#c53d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d48;
$custom-light: #de7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.147,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56032,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D48

secondary

#91CDC8

accent

#DDD14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D48

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

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