#C53E29#C53E29

#C53E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.175 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E29
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 41)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 79.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 52.54, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 67.42, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1491 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.175 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1517, 15.4794, 3.7609)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E29 #29B0C5

analogous

#C52962 #C53E29 #C58C29

triadic

#C53E29 #29C53E #3E29C5

tetradic

#C53E29 #62C529 #29B0C5 #8C29C5

square

#C53E29 #62C529 #29B0C5 #8C29C5

split-complementary

#C53E29 #29C58C #2962C5

monochromatic

#601E14 #922E1E #C53E29 #DB6351 #E59083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C53E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E29

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E29	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D90E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.175 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b64',
    500: '#c53e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e29;
$custom-light: #e07b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.077,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55701,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E29

secondary

#7CC3CE

accent

#D2E83F

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E29

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

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