#C53F2E#C53F2E

#C53F2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.173 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53F2E
RGB	rgb(197, 63, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 76.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 52.32, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 65.73, 37.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1494 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.173 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2995, 15.6264, 4.2683)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53F2E #2EB4C5

analogous

#C52E68 #C53F2E #C58A2E

triadic

#C53F2E #2EC53F #3F2EC5

tetradic

#C53F2E #68C52E #2EB4C5 #8A2EC5

square

#C53F2E #68C52E #2EB4C5 #8A2EC5

split-complementary

#C53F2E #2EC58A #2E68C5

monochromatic

#621F17 #932F22 #C53F2E #D86758 #E4948A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#C53F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C53F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53F2E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53F2E	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9133C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 63, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.173 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c68',
    500: '#c53f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53f2e;
$custom-light: #df7c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.755,
    "s": 62.14,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55864,
    "c": 0.17327,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53F2E

secondary

#81C5CE

accent

#D3E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53F2E

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

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