#C53E59#C53E59

#C53E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.171 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E59
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(348, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 55.19, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 57.22, 15.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1666 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.171 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5542, 16.0404, 11.1471)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E59 #3EC5AA

analogous

#C53E9C #C53E59 #C5663E

triadic

#C53E59 #59C53E #3E59C5

tetradic

#C53E59 #9CC53E #3EC5AA #663EC5

square

#C53E59 #9CC53E #3EC5AA #663EC5

split-complementary

#C53E59 #3EC566 #3E9CC5

monochromatic

#69202E #982E43 #C53E59 #D36D81 #E19CAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#C53E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#C53E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E59

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E59	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.171 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c87',
    500: '#c53e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e59;
$custom-light: #dd7c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56496,
    "c": 0.17087,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E59

secondary

#91CDC1

accent

#DDC04B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E59

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

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