#C53D53#C53D53

#C53D53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.172 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D53
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 83)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, 55.14, 18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 58.13, 18.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1655 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.172 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2585, 15.8360, 9.8559)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D53 #3DC5AF

analogous

#C53D97 #C53D53 #C56B3D

triadic

#C53D53 #53C53D #3D53C5

tetradic

#C53D53 #97C53D #3DC5AF #6B3DC5

square

#C53D53 #97C53D #3DC5AF #6B3DC5

split-complementary

#C53D53 #3DC56B #3D97C5

monochromatic

#681F2B #982D3E #C53D53 #D36C7D #E19BA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C53D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C53D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D53

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D53	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.172 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b83',
    500: '#c53d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d53;
$custom-light: #dd7b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.294,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56254,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D53

secondary

#91CDC3

accent

#DDC64A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D53

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

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