#C53F39#C53F39

#C53F39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.171 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53F39
RGB	rgb(197, 63, 57)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 52.79, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 62.66, 32.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.1531 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.171 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5448, 15.7245, 5.5601)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53F39 #39BFC5

analogous

#C53979 #C53F39 #C58539

triadic

#C53F39 #39C53F #3F39C5

tetradic

#C53F39 #79C539 #39BFC5 #8539C5

square

#C53F39 #79C539 #39BFC5 #8539C5

split-complementary

#C53F39 #39C585 #3979C5

monochromatic

#66211E #96302B #C53F39 #D36D68 #E19B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C53F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C53F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53F39

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53F39	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8173F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 63, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.171 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7c70',
    500: '#c53f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53f39;
$custom-light: #df7c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56004,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53F39

secondary

#8DCACD

accent

#D8DE49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53F39

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

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