#C4535E#C4535E

#C4535E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.145 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4535E
RGB	rgb(196, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 52%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 46.12, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 49.03, 19.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1386 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.145 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8808, 18.7338, 12.7353)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4535E #53C4B9

analogous

#C45397 #C4535E #C48053

triadic

#C4535E #5EC453 #535EC4

tetradic

#C4535E #97C453 #53C4B9 #8053C4

square

#C4535E #97C453 #53C4B9 #8053C4

split-complementary

#C4535E #53C480 #5397C4

monochromatic

#75282F #A23842 #C4535E #D48189 #E3AEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C4535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C4535E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4535E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4535E	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D695E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89815B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.145 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db888b',
    500: '#c4535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4535e;
$custom-light: #db888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.159,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59004,
    "c": 0.14475,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4535E

secondary

#A2D1CD

accent

#D8CB4F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4535E

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

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