#C53E4D#C53E4D

#C53E4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.171 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E4D
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 77)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 54.33, 22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 58.65, 22.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1619 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.171 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0907, 15.8550, 8.7062)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E4D #3EC5B6

analogous

#C53E91 #C53E4D #C5723E

triadic

#C53E4D #4DC53E #3E4DC5

tetradic

#C53E4D #91C53E #3EC5B6 #723EC5

square

#C53E4D #91C53E #3EC5B6 #723EC5

split-complementary

#C53E4D #3EC572 #3E91C5

monochromatic

#692028 #982E3A #C53E4D #D36D78 #E19CA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C53E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C53E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E4D

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E4D	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.171 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c7e',
    500: '#c53e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e4d;
$custom-light: #dd7c7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56235,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E4D

secondary

#91CDC7

accent

#DDCD4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E4D

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

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