#C34540#C34540

#C34540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.162 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C34540
RGB	rgb(195, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 49.99, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 58.51, 31.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1459 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.162 26)
XYZ	xyz(25.5618, 16.2321, 6.6366)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C34540 #40BEC3

analogous

#C3407C #C34540 #C38640

triadic

#C34540 #40C345 #4540C3

tetradic

#C34540 #7CC340 #40BEC3 #8640C3

square

#C34540 #7CC340 #40BEC3 #8640C3

split-complementary

#C34540 #40C386 #407CC3

monochromatic

#682321 #97332F #C34540 #D2726F #E0A09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C34540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#C34540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C34540

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C34540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C34540	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c34540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.162 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f75',
    500: '#c34540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c34540;
$custom-light: #dc7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c34540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.29,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56469,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.16229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C34540

secondary

#92CACC

accent

#D6DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C34540

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

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