#C34545#C34545

#C34545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.162 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C34545
RGB	rgb(195, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 50.28, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 57.33, 28.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1478 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.162 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7105, 16.2916, 7.4198)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C34545 #45C3C3

analogous

#C34584 #C34545 #C38445

triadic

#C34545 #45C345 #4545C3

tetradic

#C34545 #84C345 #45C3C3 #8445C3

square

#C34545 #84C345 #45C3C3 #8445C3

split-complementary

#C34545 #45C384 #4584C3

monochromatic

#6B2323 #993131 #C34545 #D27373 #E1A2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C34545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C34545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C34545

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C34545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C34545	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c34545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.162 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7f78',
    500: '#c34545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c34545;
$custom-light: #dc7f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c34545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56552,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C34545

secondary

#96CECE

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C34545

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

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