#C05040#C05040

#C05040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.148 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C05040
RGB	rgb(192, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 43.93, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 54.32, 36.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1273 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.148 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5348, 17.3173, 6.8474)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C05040 #40B0C0

analogous

#C04070 #C05040 #C09040

triadic

#C05040 #40C050 #5040C0

tetradic

#C05040 #70C040 #40B0C0 #9040C0

square

#C05040 #70C040 #40B0C0 #9040C0

split-complementary

#C05040 #40C090 #4070C0

monochromatic

#642A21 #923D30 #C05040 #CF7A6E #DEA49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#C05040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C05040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C05040

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C05040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C05040	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c05040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.148 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8575',
    500: '#c05040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c05040;
$custom-light: #da8575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c05040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57412,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C05040

secondary

#91C3CB

accent

#C8DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C05040

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

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