#C14538#C14538

#C14538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.161 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C14538
RGB	rgb(193, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 48.88, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 59.77, 35.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1411 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.161 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8369, 15.8827, 5.4985)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C14538 #38B4C1

analogous

#C13870 #C14538 #C18A38

triadic

#C14538 #38C145 #4538C1

tetradic

#C14538 #70C138 #38B4C1 #8A38C1

square

#C14538 #70C138 #38B4C1 #8A38C1

split-complementary

#C14538 #38C18A #3870C1

monochromatic

#62231C #92342A #C14538 #D26F64 #E09B94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#C14538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#C14538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C14538

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C14538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C14538	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c14538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.161 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7f6f',
    500: '#c14538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c14538;
$custom-light: #db7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c14538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.693,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56025,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C14538

secondary

#8AC5CB

accent

#D0DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C14538

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

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