#C54540#C54540

#C54540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.164 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54540
RGB	rgb(197, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 50.67, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 59.35, 31.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1478 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.164 26)
XYZ	xyz(26.0822, 16.5004, 6.6610)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54540 #40C0C5

analogous

#C5407D #C54540 #C58740

triadic

#C54540 #40C545 #4540C5

tetradic

#C54540 #7DC540 #40C0C5 #8740C5

square

#C54540 #7DC540 #40C0C5 #8740C5

split-complementary

#C54540 #40C587 #407DC5

monochromatic

#6A2320 #99332F #C54540 #D3736F #E2A09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#C54540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#C54540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54540

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54540	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.164 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7f75',
    500: '#c54540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54540;
$custom-light: #de7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56794,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.16497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54540

secondary

#93CCCE

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54540

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

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