#C54538#C54538

#C54538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.166 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54538
RGB	rgb(197, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 50.26, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 61.46, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1449 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.166 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8706, 16.4158, 5.5469)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54538 #38B8C5

analogous

#C53872 #C54538 #C58C38

triadic

#C54538 #38C545 #4538C5

tetradic

#C54538 #72C538 #38B8C5 #8C38C5

square

#C54538 #72C538 #38B8C5 #8C38C5

split-complementary

#C54538 #38C58C #3872C5

monochromatic

#66241D #95342A #C54538 #D47167 #E19D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#C54538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#C54538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54538

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54538	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.166 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7f6f',
    500: '#c54538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54538;
$custom-light: #de7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.532,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56678,
    "c": 0.16581,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54538

secondary

#8CC7CD

accent

#D1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54538

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

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