#C34838#C34838

#C34838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.161 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C34838
RGB	rgb(195, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 48.26, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 59.88, 36.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1389 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.161 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5395, 16.5259, 5.5856)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C34838 #38B3C3

analogous

#C3386E #C34838 #C38D38

triadic

#C34838 #38C348 #4838C3

tetradic

#C34838 #6EC338 #38B3C3 #8D38C3

square

#C34838 #6EC338 #38B3C3 #8D38C3

split-complementary

#C34838 #38C38D #386EC3

monochromatic

#64251D #93362A #C34838 #D37265 #E19E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C34838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C34838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C34838

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C34838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C34838	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c34838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.161 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd806f',
    500: '#c34838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c34838;
$custom-light: #dd806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c34838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.906,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56719,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C34838

secondary

#8BC4CC

accent

#CDDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C34838

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

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