#C34238#C34238

#C34238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.167 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C34238
RGB	rgb(195, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 50.85, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 61.35, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.147 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.167 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1704, 15.7877, 5.4626)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C34238 #38B9C3

analogous

#C33873 #C34238 #C38838

triadic

#C34238 #38C342 #4238C3

tetradic

#C34238 #73C338 #38B9C3 #8838C3

square

#C34238 #73C338 #38B9C3 #8838C3

split-complementary

#C34238 #38C388 #3873C3

monochromatic

#64221D #93322A #C34238 #D36D65 #E19A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C34238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C34238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C34238

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C34238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C34238	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c34238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.167 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7d6f',
    500: '#c34238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c34238;
$custom-light: #dd7d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c34238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55996,
    "c": 0.16659,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C34238

secondary

#8BC7CC

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C34238

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

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