#C54A42#C54A42

#C54A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.159 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54A42
RGB	rgb(197, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 48.61, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 57.52, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1417 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.159 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.4608, 17.1648, 7.0730)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54A42 #42BDC5

analogous

#C5427C #C54A42 #C58C42

triadic

#C54A42 #42C54A #4A42C5

tetradic

#C54A42 #7CC542 #42BDC5 #8C42C5

square

#C54A42 #7CC542 #42BDC5 #8C42C5

split-complementary

#C54A42 #42C58C #427CC5

monochromatic

#6C2621 #9A362F #C54A42 #D37771 #E2A4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C54A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C54A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54A42

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54A42	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.159 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8276',
    500: '#c54a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54a42;
$custom-light: #de8276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.664,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57437,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.17161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54A42

secondary

#95CBCE

accent

#D4DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54A42

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

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