#C53D55#C53D55

#C53D55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.172 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D55
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 85)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 55.28, 17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 57.91, 17.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1663 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.172 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3369, 15.8673, 10.2684)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D55 #3DC5AD

analogous

#C53D99 #C53D55 #C5693D

triadic

#C53D55 #55C53D #3D55C5

tetradic

#C53D55 #99C53D #3DC5AD #693DC5

square

#C53D55 #99C53D #3DC5AD #693DC5

split-complementary

#C53D55 #3DC569 #3D99C5

monochromatic

#681F2C #982D40 #C53D55 #D36C7E #E19BA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#C53D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C53D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D55

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D55	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.172 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b84',
    500: '#c53d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d55;
$custom-light: #dd7b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56299,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D55

secondary

#91CDC2

accent

#DDC34A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D55

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

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