#C53E44#C53E44

#C53E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.171 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E44
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 53.77, 27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 60.31, 26.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1584 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.171 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7946, 15.7366, 7.1469)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E44 #3EC5BF

analogous

#C53E88 #C53E44 #C57B3E

triadic

#C53E44 #44C53E #3E44C5

tetradic

#C53E44 #88C53E #3EC5BF #7B3EC5

square

#C53E44 #88C53E #3EC5BF #7B3EC5

split-complementary

#C53E44 #3EC57B #3E88C5

monochromatic

#692023 #982E32 #C53E44 #D36D72 #E19C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C53E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C53E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E44

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E44	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.171 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b78',
    500: '#c53e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e44;
$custom-light: #de7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56068,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E44

secondary

#91CDCB

accent

#DDD74B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E44

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

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