#C35538#C35538

#C35538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.148 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C35538
RGB	rgb(195, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 42.20, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 56.83, 42.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.12 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.148 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4706, 18.3881, 5.8960)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C35538 #38A6C3

analogous

#C33861 #C35538 #C39B38

triadic

#C35538 #38C355 #5538C3

tetradic

#C35538 #61C338 #38A6C3 #9B38C3

square

#C35538 #61C338 #38A6C3 #9B38C3

split-complementary

#C35538 #38C39B #3861C3

monochromatic

#642C1D #93402A #C35538 #D37C65 #E1A595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C35538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C35538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C35538

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C35538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C35538	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c35538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.148 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8870',
    500: '#c35538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c35538;
$custom-light: #dc8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c35538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.518,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58461,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C35538

secondary

#8BBECC

accent

#BFDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C35538

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

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