#C53F33#C53F33

#C53F33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.172 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53F33
RGB	rgb(197, 63, 51)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 52.52, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 64.29, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.151 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.172 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4038, 15.6681, 4.8179)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53F33 #33B9C5

analogous

#C53370 #C53F33 #C58833

triadic

#C53F33 #33C53F #3F33C5

tetradic

#C53F33 #70C533 #33B9C5 #8833C5

square

#C53F33 #70C533 #33B9C5 #8833C5

split-complementary

#C53F33 #33C588 #3370C5

monochromatic

#64201A #942F26 #C53F33 #D6695F #E29790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C53F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#C53F33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53F33

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53F33	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9153D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 63, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.172 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c6b',
    500: '#c53f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53f33;
$custom-light: #df7c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.932,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55923,
    "c": 0.17241,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53F33

secondary

#87C7CD

accent

#D5E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53F33

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

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