#C54438#C54438

#C54438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.167 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54438
RGB	rgb(197, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 50.69, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 61.70, 34.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1463 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.167 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8097, 16.2938, 5.5266)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54438 #38B9C5

analogous

#C53873 #C54438 #C58A38

triadic

#C54438 #38C544 #4438C5

tetradic

#C54438 #73C538 #38B9C5 #8A38C5

square

#C54438 #73C538 #38B9C5 #8A38C5

split-complementary

#C54438 #38C58A #3873C5

monochromatic

#66231D #95342A #C54438 #D47067 #E19D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C54438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C54438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54438

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54438	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.167 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7e6f',
    500: '#c54438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54438;
$custom-light: #de7e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56559,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54438

secondary

#8CC7CD

accent

#D2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54438

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

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