#C53E5E#C53E5E

#C53E5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.171 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53E5E
RGB	rgb(197, 62, 94)
HSL	hsl(346, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(346, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 55.59, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 56.92, 12.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.1686 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.171 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7713, 16.1273, 12.2906)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53E5E #3EC5A5

analogous

#C53EA1 #C53E5E #C5613E

triadic

#C53E5E #5EC53E #3E5EC5

tetradic

#C53E5E #A1C53E #3EC5A5 #613EC5

square

#C53E5E #A1C53E #3EC5A5 #613EC5

split-complementary

#C53E5E #3EC561 #3EA1C5

monochromatic

#692031 #982E47 #C53E5E #D36D85 #E19CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C53E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C53E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53E5E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53E5E	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 62, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.171 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c8b',
    500: '#c53e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53e5e;
$custom-light: #dc7c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.778,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56617,
    "c": 0.17139,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53E5E

secondary

#91CDBF

accent

#DDBA4B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEF0

border

#D5C9CB

text

#160A0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53E5E

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

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