#C04138#C04138

#C04138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.164 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C04138
RGB	rgb(192, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 50.25, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 60.34, 33.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1455 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.164 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3449, 15.2761, 5.4073)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C04138 #38B7C0

analogous

#C03873 #C04138 #C08538

triadic

#C04138 #38C041 #4138C0

tetradic

#C04138 #73C038 #38B7C0 #8538C0

square

#C04138 #73C038 #38B7C0 #8538C0

split-complementary

#C04138 #38C085 #3873C0

monochromatic

#61211C #91312A #C04138 #D26B64 #DF9893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C04138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C04138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C04138

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C04138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C04138	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D31F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c04138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.164 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7c6f',
    500: '#c04138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c04138;
$custom-light: #db7c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c04138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.971,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55384,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C04138

secondary

#89C6CB

accent

#D4DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C04138

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

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