#C53E57#C53E57

#C53E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.171 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E57
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 87)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 55.04, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 57.40, 16.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.1658 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.171 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4713, 16.0073, 10.7108)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E57 #3EC5AC

analogous

#C53E9A #C53E57 #C5683E

triadic

#C53E57 #57C53E #3E57C5

tetradic

#C53E57 #9AC53E #3EC5AC #683EC5

square

#C53E57 #9AC53E #3EC5AC #683EC5

split-complementary

#C53E57 #3EC568 #3E9AC5

monochromatic

#69202D #982E41 #C53E57 #D36D80 #E19CA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C53E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C53E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E57

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E57	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)

#605E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.171 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c86',
    500: '#c53e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e57;
$custom-light: #dd7c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.889,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56449,
    "c": 0.17073,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E57

secondary

#91CDC2

accent

#DDC24B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E57

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

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