#C53D59#C53D59

#C53D59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.172 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53D59
RGB	rgb(197, 61, 89)
HSL	hsl(348, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, 55.58, 14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 57.55, 15.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1679 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.172 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5003, 15.9327, 11.1291)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53D59 #3DC5A9

analogous

#C53D9D #C53D59 #C5653D

triadic

#C53D59 #59C53D #3D59C5

tetradic

#C53D59 #9DC53D #3DC5A9 #653DC5

square

#C53D59 #9DC53D #3DC5A9 #653DC5

split-complementary

#C53D59 #3DC565 #3D9DC5

monochromatic

#681F2E #982D43 #C53D59 #D36C81 #E19BAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#C53D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#C53D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53D59

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53D59	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 61, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.172 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b87',
    500: '#c53d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53d59;
$custom-light: #dd7b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.647,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56391,
    "c": 0.17199,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53D59

secondary

#91CDC1

accent

#DDBF4A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53D59

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

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