#c5311d

Color #c5311d

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 10.43 Nearest Tailwind class red-700 #c10007 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c5311d

RGB

rgb(197, 49, 29)

HSL

hsl(7.1, 74.3%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.1, 85.3%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 85.3%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(44.46, 56.95, 46.55)

LCH

lch(44.46, 73.55, 39.26)

OKLCH

oklch(54.3%, 0.1876, 31.11)

HWB

hwb(7.1, 11.4%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1db1c5

Analogous

#c51d5d

#c5311d

#c5851d

Triadic

#c5311d

#1dc531

#311dc5

Split-complementary

#c5311d

#1dc585

#1d5dc5

Tetradic

#c5311d

#b1c51d

#1db1c5

#311dc5

Square

#c5311d

#5dc51d

#1db1c5

#851dc5

Shades

Color #c5311d mixed toward black.

#a42918

#832113

#62180f

#42100a

#210805

Tints

Color #c5311d mixed toward white.

#e14631

#e76b5a

#ed9083

#f3b5ac

#f9dad6

Tones

Color #c5311d mixed toward gray.

#b73c2b

#a94639

#9b5147

#8d5c55

#7f6663

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.83:1

White text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9a23 · ΔE 47.4

Deuteranopia

#a2aa24 · ΔE 52.3

Tritanopia

#c12728 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5311d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5311d]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#c5311d (#c5311d) is rgb(197, 49, 29) in RGB.

No, #c5311d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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