#C53E2E#C53E2E

#C53E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E2E
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 76.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 52.72, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 65.95, 36.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1506 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.174 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2446, 15.5166, 4.2500)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E2E #2EB5C5

analogous

#C52E69 #C53E2E #C58A2E

triadic

#C53E2E #2EC53E #3E2EC5

tetradic

#C53E2E #69C52E #2EB5C5 #8A2EC5

square

#C53E2E #69C52E #2EB5C5 #8A2EC5

split-complementary

#C53E2E #2EC58A #2E69C5

monochromatic

#621F17 #932E22 #C53E2E #D86658 #E4938A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C53E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E2E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E2E	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9103B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b68',
    500: '#c53e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e2e;
$custom-light: #df7b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.358,
    "s": 62.14,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55754,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E2E

secondary

#81C5CE

accent

#D4E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E2E

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

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