#C54545#C54545

#C54545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.164 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54545
RGB	rgb(197, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 50.96, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 58.17, 28.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1497 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.164 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2309, 16.5599, 7.4442)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54545 #45C5C5

analogous

#C54585 #C54545 #C58545

triadic

#C54545 #45C545 #4545C5

tetradic

#C54545 #85C545 #45C5C5 #8545C5

square

#C54545 #85C545 #45C5C5 #8545C5

split-complementary

#C54545 #45C585 #4585C5

monochromatic

#6D2222 #9C3131 #C54545 #D47474 #E2A2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C54545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C54545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54545

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54545	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.164 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7f78',
    500: '#c54545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54545;
$custom-light: #de7f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56876,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54545

secondary

#97CFCF

accent

#DCDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54545

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

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