#C53D4D#C53D4D

#C53D4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.172 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D4D
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 77)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 54.72, 21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 58.94, 21.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1632 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.172 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0368, 15.7473, 8.6882)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D4D #3DC5B5

analogous

#C53D91 #C53D4D #C5713D

triadic

#C53D4D #4DC53D #3D4DC5

tetradic

#C53D4D #91C53D #3DC5B5 #713DC5

square

#C53D4D #91C53D #3DC5B5 #713DC5

split-complementary

#C53D4D #3DC571 #3D91C5

monochromatic

#681F28 #982D3A #C53D4D #D36C78 #E19BA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C53D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C53D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D4D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D4D	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.172 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b7e',
    500: '#c53d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d4d;
$custom-light: #dd7b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56129,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D4D

secondary

#91CDC6

accent

#DDCC4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D4D

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

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