#C34A38#C34A38

#C34A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.159 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C34A38
RGB	rgb(195, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 47.37, 35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 59.39, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1361 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.159 31)
XYZ	xyz(25.6709, 16.7887, 5.6294)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C34A38 #38B1C3

analogous

#C3386C #C34A38 #C39038

triadic

#C34A38 #38C34A #4A38C3

tetradic

#C34A38 #6CC338 #38B1C3 #9038C3

square

#C34A38 #6CC338 #38B1C3 #9038C3

split-complementary

#C34A38 #38C390 #386CC3

monochromatic

#64261D #93382A #C34A38 #D37465 #E19F95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C34A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C34A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C34A38

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C34A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C34A38	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c34a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.159 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd826f',
    500: '#c34a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c34a38;
$custom-light: #dd826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c34a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56972,
    "c": 0.15871,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.16785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C34A38

secondary

#8BC3CC

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C34A38

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

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