#C54848#C54848

#C54848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.160 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54848
RGB	rgb(197, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 49.85, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 56.66, 28.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1468 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.16 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5156, 16.9765, 8.0102)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54848 #48C5C5

analogous

#C54886 #C54848 #C58648

triadic

#C54848 #48C548 #4848C5

tetradic

#C54848 #86C548 #48C5C5 #8648C5

square

#C54848 #86C548 #48C5C5 #8648C5

split-complementary

#C54848 #48C586 #4886C5

monochromatic

#6F2323 #9E3232 #C54848 #D47676 #E2A5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C54848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C54848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54848

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54848	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.160 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd817b',
    500: '#c54848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54848;
$custom-light: #dd817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57289,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54848

secondary

#99CFCF

accent

#DBDB4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54848

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

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