#C53F55#C53F55

#C53F55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.170 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C53F55
RGB	rgb(197, 63, 85)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 54.50, 17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 57.28, 17.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1638 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.17 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4456, 16.0848, 10.3047)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C53F55 #3FC5AF

analogous

#C53F98 #C53F55 #C56C3F

triadic

#C53F55 #55C53F #3F55C5

tetradic

#C53F55 #98C53F #3FC5AF #6C3FC5

square

#C53F55 #98C53F #3FC5AF #6C3FC5

split-complementary

#C53F55 #3FC56C #3F98C5

monochromatic

#6A202C #992E40 #C53F55 #D36E7F #E19DA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#C53F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C53F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C53F55

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C53F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C53F55	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c53f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 63, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.170 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c84',
    500: '#c53f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c53f55;
$custom-light: #dd7c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c53f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.149,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56511,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C53F55

secondary

#92CEC4

accent

#DDC54B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C53F55

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →