#C53F40#C53F40

#C53F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.171 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53F40
RGB	rgb(197, 63, 64)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 53.15, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 60.93, 29.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.1556 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.171 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7316, 15.7992, 6.5441)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53F40 #3FC5C4

analogous

#C53F83 #C53F40 #C5813F

triadic

#C53F40 #40C53F #3F40C5

tetradic

#C53F40 #83C53F #3FC5C4 #813FC5

square

#C53F40 #83C53F #3FC5C4 #813FC5

split-complementary

#C53F40 #3FC581 #3F83C5

monochromatic

#6A2020 #992E2F #C53F40 #D36E6F #E19D9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C53F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C53F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53F40

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53F40	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 63, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.171 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7c75',
    500: '#c53f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53f40;
$custom-light: #de7c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56109,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53F40

secondary

#92CECD

accent

#DDDC4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53F40

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

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