#C15438#C15438

#C15438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.147 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C15438
RGB	rgb(193, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 41.93, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 56.19, 41.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1194 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.147 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8790, 17.9670, 5.8458)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C15438 #38A5C1

analogous

#C13861 #C15438 #C19938

triadic

#C15438 #38C154 #5438C1

tetradic

#C15438 #61C138 #38A5C1 #9938C1

square

#C15438 #61C138 #38A5C1 #9938C1

split-complementary

#C15438 #38C199 #3861C1

monochromatic

#622B1C #923F2A #C15438 #D27B64 #E0A394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C15438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C15438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C15438

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C15438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C15438	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D43D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c15438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.147 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8770',
    500: '#c15438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c15438;
$custom-light: #db8770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c15438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.263,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58014,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C15438

secondary

#8ABECB

accent

#C0DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C15438

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

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