#C34538#C34538

#C34538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.164 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C34538
RGB	rgb(195, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 49.58, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 60.61, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.143 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.164 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3503, 16.1475, 5.5225)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C34538 #38B6C3

analogous

#C33870 #C34538 #C38B38

triadic

#C34538 #38C345 #4538C3

tetradic

#C34538 #70C338 #38B6C3 #8B38C3

square

#C34538 #70C338 #38B6C3 #8B38C3

split-complementary

#C34538 #38C38B #3870C3

monochromatic

#64231D #93342A #C34538 #D37065 #E19C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C34538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C34538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C34538

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C34538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C34538	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c34538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.164 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7f6f',
    500: '#c34538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c34538;
$custom-light: #dd7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c34538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.612,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56351,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C34538

secondary

#8BC6CC

accent

#D1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160A07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C34538

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

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