#C04538#C04538

#C04538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.160 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C04538
RGB	rgb(192, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 48.54, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 59.34, 35.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1401 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.16 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5827, 15.7517, 5.4865)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C04538 #38B3C0

analogous

#C0386F #C04538 #C08938

triadic

#C04538 #38C045 #4538C0

tetradic

#C04538 #6FC038 #38B3C0 #8938C0

square

#C04538 #6FC038 #38B3C0 #8938C0

split-complementary

#C04538 #38C089 #386FC0

monochromatic

#61231C #91342A #C04538 #D26E64 #DF9A93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C04538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C04538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C04538

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C04538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C04538	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D32743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c04538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.160 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7e6f',
    500: '#c04538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c04538;
$custom-light: #db7e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c04538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.735,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55862,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C04538

secondary

#89C4CB

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C04538

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

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