#C53E38#C53E38

#C53E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E38
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 53.15, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 63.17, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.154 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.173 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4652, 15.6048, 5.4118)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E38 #38BFC5

analogous

#C53879 #C53E38 #C58438

triadic

#C53E38 #38C53E #3E38C5

tetradic

#C53E38 #79C538 #38BFC5 #8438C5

square

#C53E38 #79C538 #38BFC5 #8438C5

split-complementary

#C53E38 #38C584 #3879C5

monochromatic

#66201D #952F2A #C53E38 #D46B67 #E19996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C53E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E38

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E38	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)

#645B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8143E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b6f',
    500: '#c53e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e38;
$custom-light: #df7b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.553,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5588,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E38

secondary

#8CCACD

accent

#D9DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E38

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

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