#C54442#C54442

#C54442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.165 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54442
RGB	rgb(197, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 51.21, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 59.13, 30.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1499 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.165 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0791, 16.4016, 6.9458)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54442 #42C3C5

analogous

#C54282 #C54442 #C58642

triadic

#C54442 #42C544 #4442C5

tetradic

#C54442 #82C542 #42C3C5 #8642C5

square

#C54442 #82C542 #42C3C5 #8642C5

split-complementary

#C54442 #42C586 #4282C5

monochromatic

#6C2221 #9A312F #C54442 #D37271 #E2A1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#C54442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#C54442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54442

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54442	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.165 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7f76',
    500: '#c54442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54442;
$custom-light: #de7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.916,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56709,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54442

secondary

#95CDCE

accent

#DADC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54442

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

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