#C53E31#C53E31

#C53E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.174 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E31
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 49)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 52.84, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 65.09, 35.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.1516 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.174 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3058, 15.5411, 4.5724)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E31 #31B8C5

analogous

#C5316E #C53E31 #C58831

triadic

#C53E31 #31C53E #3E31C5

tetradic

#C53E31 #6EC531 #31B8C5 #8831C5

square

#C53E31 #6EC531 #31B8C5 #8831C5

split-complementary

#C53E31 #31C588 #316EC5

monochromatic

#631F19 #942F25 #C53E31 #D7675D #E3958E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C53E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E31

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E31	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)

#655B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9113C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.174 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6a',
    500: '#c53e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e31;
$custom-light: #df7b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.27,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55789,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E31

secondary

#85C7CD

accent

#D5E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E31

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

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