#C53E34#C53E34

#C53E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.173 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E34
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 52)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 52.96, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 64.25, 34.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.1526 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.173 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3712, 15.5673, 4.9170)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E34 #34BBC5

analogous

#C53473 #C53E34 #C58734

triadic

#C53E34 #34C53E #3E34C5

tetradic

#C53E34 #73C534 #34BBC5 #8734C5

square

#C53E34 #73C534 #34BBC5 #8734C5

split-complementary

#C53E34 #34C587 #3473C5

monochromatic

#64201A #952F27 #C53E34 #D56961 #E29791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C53E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E34

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E34	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)

#645B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9123D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.173 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6c',
    500: '#c53e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e34;
$custom-light: #df7b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.138,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55827,
    "c": 0.17318,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E34

secondary

#88C8CD

accent

#D7E146

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E34

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

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