#C03E38#C03E38

#C03E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.167 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C03E38
RGB	rgb(192, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 51.49, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 61.09, 32.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1494 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.167 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1773, 14.9408, 5.3514)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C03E38 #38BAC0

analogous

#C03876 #C03E38 #C08238

triadic

#C03E38 #38C03E #3E38C0

tetradic

#C03E38 #76C038 #38BAC0 #8238C0

square

#C03E38 #76C038 #38BAC0 #8238C0

split-complementary

#C03E38 #38C082 #3876C0

monochromatic

#611F1C #912F2A #C03E38 #D26864 #DF9693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C03E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C03E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C03E38

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C03E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C03E38	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3183E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c03e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.167 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b6f',
    500: '#c03e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c03e38;
$custom-light: #db7b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c03e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.647,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55041,
    "c": 0.16729,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C03E38

secondary

#89C8CB

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C03E38

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

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