#C53E2F#C53E2F

#C53E2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E2F
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 47)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 76.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 52.76, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 65.66, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1509 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.174 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2645, 15.5246, 4.3550)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E2F #2FB6C5

analogous

#C52F6B #C53E2F #C5892F

triadic

#C53E2F #2FC53E #3E2FC5

tetradic

#C53E2F #6BC52F #2FB6C5 #892FC5

square

#C53E2F #6BC52F #2FB6C5 #892FC5

split-complementary

#C53E2F #2FC589 #2F6BC5

monochromatic

#621F17 #942E23 #C53E2F #D8665A #E3948B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C53E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C53E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E2F

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E2F	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)

#655B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9103C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b69',
    500: '#c53e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e2f;
$custom-light: #df7b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 61.475,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55766,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E2F

secondary

#82C6CD

accent

#D4E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E2F

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