#C25438#C25438

#C25438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.148 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C25438
RGB	rgb(194, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 42.31, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 56.62, 41.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1205 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.148 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1349, 18.0989, 5.8578)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C25438 #38A6C2

analogous

#C23861 #C25438 #C29938

triadic

#C25438 #38C254 #5438C2

tetradic

#C25438 #61C238 #38A6C2 #9938C2

square

#C25438 #61C238 #38A6C2 #9938C2

split-complementary

#C25438 #38C299 #3861C2

monochromatic

#632B1D #933F2A #C25438 #D27B65 #E0A494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C25438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C25438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C25438

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C25438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C25438	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	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)

#D53D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c25438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.148 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8770',
    500: '#c25438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c25438;
$custom-light: #db8770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c25438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58167,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C25438

secondary

#8ABECB

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C25438

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

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