#C53E4E#C53E4E

#C53E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.171 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E4E
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 78)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 54.40, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 58.49, 21.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1623 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.171 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1263, 15.8693, 8.8936)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E4E #3EC5B5

analogous

#C53E91 #C53E4E #C5713E

triadic

#C53E4E #4EC53E #3E4EC5

tetradic

#C53E4E #91C53E #3EC5B5 #713EC5

square

#C53E4E #91C53E #3EC5B5 #713EC5

split-complementary

#C53E4E #3EC571 #3E91C5

monochromatic

#692028 #982E3A #C53E4E #D36D79 #E19CA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#C53E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C53E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E4E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E4E	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84794A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.171 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c7f',
    500: '#c53e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e4e;
$custom-light: #dd7c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.889,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56255,
    "c": 0.17055,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E4E

secondary

#91CDC6

accent

#DDCC4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E4E

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

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