#C53E56#C53E56

#C53E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.171 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E56
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 54.97, 16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 57.49, 17.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1654 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.171 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4307, 15.9911, 10.4971)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E56 #3EC5AD

analogous

#C53E9A #C53E56 #C5693E

triadic

#C53E56 #56C53E #3E56C5

tetradic

#C53E56 #9AC53E #3EC5AD #693EC5

square

#C53E56 #9AC53E #3EC5AD #693EC5

split-complementary

#C53E56 #3EC569 #3E9AC5

monochromatic

#69202D #982E41 #C53E56 #D36D7F #E19CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C53E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C53E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E56

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E56	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.171 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c85',
    500: '#c53e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e56;
$custom-light: #dd7c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56427,
    "c": 0.17068,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E56

secondary

#91CDC3

accent

#DDC34B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E56

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

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