#C54138#C54138

#C54138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.170 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54138
RGB	rgb(197, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 51.94, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 62.44, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1502 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.17 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6328, 15.9402, 5.4676)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54138 #38BCC5

analogous

#C53875 #C54138 #C58838

triadic

#C54138 #38C541 #4138C5

tetradic

#C54138 #75C538 #38BCC5 #8838C5

square

#C54138 #75C538 #38BCC5 #8838C5

split-complementary

#C54138 #38C588 #3875C5

monochromatic

#66221D #95312A #C54138 #D46E67 #E19B96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#C54138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#C54138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54138

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54138	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D81B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.170 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7d6f',
    500: '#c54138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54138;
$custom-light: #df7d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.83,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56213,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54138

secondary

#8CC9CD

accent

#D5DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54138

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

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