#C15538#C15538

#C15538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.146 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C15538
RGB	rgb(193, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 41.44, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 55.97, 42.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1179 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.146 36)
XYZ	xyz(25.9572, 18.1233, 5.8719)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C15538 #38A4C1

analogous

#C13860 #C15538 #C19A38

triadic

#C15538 #38C155 #5538C1

tetradic

#C15538 #60C138 #38A4C1 #9A38C1

square

#C15538 #60C138 #38A4C1 #9A38C1

split-complementary

#C15538 #38C19A #3860C1

monochromatic

#622B1C #92402A #C15538 #D27B64 #E0A494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C15538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C15538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C15538

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C15538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C15538	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D43E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c15538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.146 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8870',
    500: '#c15538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c15538;
$custom-light: #db8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c15538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.701,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58158,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.1812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C15538

secondary

#8ABDCB

accent

#BFDE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C15538

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

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