#C04238#C04238

#C04238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.163 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C04238
RGB	rgb(192, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, 49.83, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 60.09, 33.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1441 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.163 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4028, 15.3919, 5.4266)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C04238 #38B6C0

analogous

#C03872 #C04238 #C08638

triadic

#C04238 #38C042 #4238C0

tetradic

#C04238 #72C038 #38B6C0 #8638C0

square

#C04238 #72C038 #38B6C0 #8638C0

split-complementary

#C04238 #38C086 #3872C0

monochromatic

#61211C #91322A #C04238 #D26C64 #DF9993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C04238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C04238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C04238

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C04238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C04238	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D32141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c04238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.163 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7d6f',
    500: '#c04238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c04238;
$custom-light: #db7d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c04238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.412,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55501,
    "c": 0.16338,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C04238

secondary

#89C6CB

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C04238

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

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