#C53E50#C53E50

#C53E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.171 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E50
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 54.54, 20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 58.21, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1631 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.171 17)
XYZ	xyz(26.1991, 15.8984, 9.2770)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E50 #3EC5B3

analogous

#C53E93 #C53E50 #C56F3E

triadic

#C53E50 #50C53E #3E50C5

tetradic

#C53E50 #93C53E #3EC5B3 #6F3EC5

square

#C53E50 #93C53E #3EC5B3 #6F3EC5

split-complementary

#C53E50 #3EC56F #3E93C5

monochromatic

#692029 #982E3C #C53E50 #D36D7B #E19CA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#C53E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#C53E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E50

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E50	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.171 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c80',
    500: '#c53e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e50;
$custom-light: #dd7c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56296,
    "c": 0.17053,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.15895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E50

secondary

#91CDC5

accent

#DDCA4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E50

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

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