#C53E36#C53E36

#C53E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E36
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 53.05, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 63.70, 33.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.1533 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.173 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4172, 15.5857, 5.1593)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E36 #36BDC5

analogous

#C53675 #C53E36 #C58636

triadic

#C53E36 #36C53E #3E36C5

tetradic

#C53E36 #75C536 #36BDC5 #8636C5

square

#C53E36 #75C536 #36BDC5 #8636C5

split-complementary

#C53E36 #36C586 #3675C5

monochromatic

#65201C #952F29 #C53E36 #D46A64 #E29894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C53E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E36

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E36	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6d',
    500: '#c53e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e36;
$custom-light: #df7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.357,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55853,
    "c": 0.17286,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E36

secondary

#8AC9CD

accent

#D8E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E36

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

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