#C53E46#C53E46

#C53E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.171 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E46
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 64.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 53.89, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 59.90, 25.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1592 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.171 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8567, 15.7614, 7.4739)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E46 #3EC5BD

analogous

#C53E8A #C53E46 #C5793E

triadic

#C53E46 #46C53E #3E46C5

tetradic

#C53E46 #8AC53E #3EC5BD #793EC5

square

#C53E46 #8AC53E #3EC5BD #793EC5

split-complementary

#C53E46 #3EC579 #3E8AC5

monochromatic

#692024 #982E34 #C53E46 #D36D73 #E19CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C53E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C53E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E46

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E46	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)

#625C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.171 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7c79',
    500: '#c53e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e46;
$custom-light: #de7c79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.444,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56103,
    "c": 0.17092,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E46

secondary

#91CDCA

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E46

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

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