#C53D49#C53D49

#C53D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.172 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D49
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 54.47, 24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 59.61, 23.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1616 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.172 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8999, 15.6925, 7.9672)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D49 #3DC5B9

analogous

#C53D8D #C53D49 #C5753D

triadic

#C53D49 #49C53D #3D49C5

tetradic

#C53D49 #8DC53D #3DC5B9 #753DC5

square

#C53D49 #8DC53D #3DC5B9 #753DC5

split-complementary

#C53D49 #3DC575 #3D8DC5

monochromatic

#681F26 #982D37 #C53D49 #D36C75 #E19BA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C53D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C53D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D49

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D49	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)

#615C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.172 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b7b',
    500: '#c53d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d49;
$custom-light: #de7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56051,
    "c": 0.17176,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D49

secondary

#91CDC8

accent

#DDD04A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D49

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

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