#C04038#C04038

#C04038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.165 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C04038
RGB	rgb(192, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 50.67, 33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 60.59, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.1468 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.165 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2880, 15.1623, 5.3883)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C04038 #38B8C0

analogous

#C03874 #C04038 #C08438

triadic

#C04038 #38C040 #4038C0

tetradic

#C04038 #74C038 #38B8C0 #8438C0

square

#C04038 #74C038 #38B8C0 #8438C0

split-complementary

#C04038 #38C084 #3874C0

monochromatic

#61201C #91302A #C04038 #D26A64 #DF9793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C04038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C04038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C04038

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C04038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C04038	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D31D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c04038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.165 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7c6f',
    500: '#c04038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c04038;
$custom-light: #db7c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c04038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55268,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C04038

secondary

#89C7CB

accent

#D5DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C04038

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

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