#C34038#C34038

#C34038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.169 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C34038
RGB	rgb(195, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.39, 51.68, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.39, 61.85, 33.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1496 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.169 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0556, 15.5581, 5.4243)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C34038 #38BBC3

analogous

#C33876 #C34038 #C38638

triadic

#C34038 #38C340 #4038C3

tetradic

#C34038 #76C338 #38BBC3 #8638C3

square

#C34038 #76C338 #38BBC3 #8638C3

split-complementary

#C34038 #38C386 #3876C3

monochromatic

#64211D #93302A #C34038 #D36C65 #E19995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C34038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C34038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C34038

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C34038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C34038	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c34038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.169 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7c6f',
    500: '#c34038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c34038;
$custom-light: #dd7c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c34038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.453,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55767,
    "c": 0.16853,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C34038

secondary

#8BC8CC

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C34038

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

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