#C53D4E#C53D4E

#C53D4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.172 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D4E
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 78)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 54.79, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 58.79, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1636 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.172 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0724, 15.7615, 8.8756)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D4E #3DC5B4

analogous

#C53D92 #C53D4E #C5703D

triadic

#C53D4E #4EC53D #3D4EC5

tetradic

#C53D4E #92C53D #3DC5B4 #703DC5

square

#C53D4E #92C53D #3DC5B4 #703DC5

split-complementary

#C53D4E #3DC570 #3D92C5

monochromatic

#681F28 #982D3B #C53D4E #D36C79 #E19BA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C53D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C53D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D4E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D4E	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)

#615C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.172 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b7f',
    500: '#c53d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d4e;
$custom-light: #dd7b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56149,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D4E

secondary

#91CDC6

accent

#DDCB4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D4E

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

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