#C53E30#C53E30

#C53E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E30
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 48)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 52.80, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 65.38, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1512 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.174 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2849, 15.5327, 4.4625)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E30 #30B7C5

analogous

#C5306C #C53E30 #C58930

triadic

#C53E30 #30C53E #3E30C5

tetradic

#C53E30 #6CC530 #30B7C5 #8930C5

square

#C53E30 #6CC530 #30B7C5 #8930C5

split-complementary

#C53E30 #30C589 #306CC5

monochromatic

#631F18 #942F24 #C53E30 #D7675B #E3948C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C53E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E30

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E30	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9113C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b69',
    500: '#c53e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e30;
$custom-light: #df7b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.638,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55777,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E30

secondary

#84C6CD

accent

#D5E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E30

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

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