#C53E3A#C53E3A

#C53E3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.172 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E3A
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 58)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 53.24, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 62.65, 31.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1547 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.172 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5151, 15.6248, 5.6745)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E3A #3AC1C5

analogous

#C53A7B #C53E3A #C5843A

triadic

#C53E3A #3AC53E #3E3AC5

tetradic

#C53E3A #7BC53A #3AC1C5 #843AC5

square

#C53E3A #7BC53A #3AC1C5 #843AC5

split-complementary

#C53E3A #3AC584 #3A7BC5

monochromatic

#66201E #962F2C #C53E3A #D36C69 #E19B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C53E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E3A

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E3A	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8153E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.172 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7b70',
    500: '#c53e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e3a;
$custom-light: #df7b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55909,
    "c": 0.17226,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E3A

secondary

#8ECBCD

accent

#DADE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E3A

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

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