#C54840#C54840

#C54840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.161 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54840
RGB	rgb(197, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 49.38, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 58.56, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1437 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.161 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.2714, 16.8788, 6.7241)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54840 #40BDC5

analogous

#C5407A #C54840 #C58A40

triadic

#C54840 #40C548 #4840C5

tetradic

#C54840 #7AC540 #40BDC5 #8A40C5

square

#C54840 #7AC540 #40BDC5 #8A40C5

split-complementary

#C54840 #40C58A #407AC5

monochromatic

#6A2520 #99352F #C54840 #D3756F #E2A29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C54840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C54840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54840

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54840	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.161 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8175',
    500: '#c54840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54840;
$custom-light: #de8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.609,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57157,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.16875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54840

secondary

#93CACE

accent

#D4DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54840

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

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