#C53E32#C53E32

#C53E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.173 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C53E32
RGBrgb(197, 62, 50)
HSLhsl(5, 60%, 48%)
HSVhsv(5, 75%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.5%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(46.38, 52.88, 37.47)
CIE-LCHlch(46.38, 64.81, 35.32°)
OKLaboklab(55.8% 0.1519 0.0838)
OKLCHoklch(55.8% 0.174 28.9)
XYZxyz(25.3271, 15.5496, 4.6848)
Luminance0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C53E32 #32B9C5
analogous
#C5326F #C53E32 #C58732
triadic
#C53E32 #32C53E #3E32C5
tetradic
#C53E32 #6FC532 #32B9C5 #8732C5
square
#C53E32 #6FC532 #32B9C5 #8732C5
split-complementary
#C53E32 #32C587 #326FC5
monochromatic
#631F19 #942F26 #C53E32 #D6685E #E3968F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11
#C53E32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11
#C53E32 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E32
5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C53E32#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C53E321.005.114.115.11
#FFFFFF5.111.0021.001.00
#0000004.1121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.111.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#655B30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86792D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D9113C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c53e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.173 28.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6b',
    500: '#c53e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c53e32;
$custom-light: #df7b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c53e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55801,
    "c": 0.1735,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C53E32
secondary
#86C7CD
accent
#D6E345
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEEEB
border
#D5C9C6
text
#170A06
muted
#857C7A

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#C53E32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva