#C5453B#C5453B

#C5453B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.165 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5453B
RGB	rgb(197, 69, 59)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 50.41, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 60.64, 33.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.146 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.165 28)
XYZ	xyz(25.9462, 16.4460, 5.9450)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5453B #3BBBC5

analogous

#C53B76 #C5453B #C58A3B

triadic

#C5453B #3BC545 #453BC5

tetradic

#C5453B #76C53B #3BBBC5 #8A3BC5

square

#C5453B #76C53B #3BBBC5 #8A3BC5

split-complementary

#C5453B #3BC58A #3B76C5

monochromatic

#67241F #96342C #C5453B #D3726A #E19F99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#C5453B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C5453B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5453B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5453B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5453B	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5453b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 69, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.165 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7f71',
    500: '#c5453b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5453b;
$custom-light: #de7f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5453b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56719,
    "c": 0.16527,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.16442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5453B

secondary

#8FC8CD

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5453B

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

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