#C53E52#C53E52

#C53E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.171 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E52
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 58.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 54.68, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 57.94, 19.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1639 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.171 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2741, 15.9284, 9.6720)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E52 #3EC5B1

analogous

#C53E95 #C53E52 #C56D3E

triadic

#C53E52 #52C53E #3E52C5

tetradic

#C53E52 #95C53E #3EC5B1 #6D3EC5

square

#C53E52 #95C53E #3EC5B1 #6D3EC5

split-complementary

#C53E52 #3EC56D #3E95C5

monochromatic

#69202A #982E3D #C53E52 #D36D7C #E19CA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#C53E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#C53E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E52

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E52	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D71F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.171 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c82',
    500: '#c53e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e52;
$custom-light: #dd7c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56339,
    "c": 0.17055,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E52

secondary

#91CDC4

accent

#DDC74B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E52

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

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