#C53E48#C53E48

#C53E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.171 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E48
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 54.01, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 59.51, 24.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.16 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.171 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9209, 15.7871, 7.8119)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E48 #3EC5BB

analogous

#C53E8B #C53E48 #C5783E

triadic

#C53E48 #48C53E #3E48C5

tetradic

#C53E48 #8BC53E #3EC5BB #783EC5

square

#C53E48 #8BC53E #3EC5BB #783EC5

split-complementary

#C53E48 #3EC578 #3E8BC5

monochromatic

#692025 #982E36 #C53E48 #D36D75 #E19CA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C53E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C53E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E48

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E48	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.171 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7c7b',
    500: '#c53e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e48;
$custom-light: #de7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56139,
    "c": 0.17078,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E48

secondary

#91CDC9

accent

#DDD24B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E48

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

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