#C53E35#C53E35

#C53E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.173 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E35
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 53.01, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 63.97, 34.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1529 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.173 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3940, 15.5764, 5.0369)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E35 #35BCC5

analogous

#C53574 #C53E35 #C58635

triadic

#C53E35 #35C53E #3E35C5

tetradic

#C53E35 #74C535 #35BCC5 #8635C5

square

#C53E35 #74C535 #35BCC5 #8635C5

split-complementary

#C53E35 #35C586 #3574C5

monochromatic

#65201B #952F28 #C53E35 #D56A62 #E29893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C53E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C53E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E35

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E35	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.173 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6d',
    500: '#c53e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e35;
$custom-light: #df7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5584,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E35

secondary

#89C9CD

accent

#D7E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E35

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

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