#C54E42#C54E42

#C54E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.155 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54E42
RGB	rgb(197, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 46.79, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 56.45, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.136 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.155 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7363, 17.7160, 7.1648)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54E42 #42B9C5

analogous

#C54278 #C54E42 #C59042

triadic

#C54E42 #42C54E #4E42C5

tetradic

#C54E42 #78C542 #42B9C5 #9042C5

square

#C54E42 #78C542 #42B9C5 #9042C5

split-complementary

#C54E42 #42C590 #4278C5

monochromatic

#6C2821 #9A392F #C54E42 #D37A71 #E2A6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C54E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C54E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54E42

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54E42	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.155 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8476',
    500: '#c54e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54e42;
$custom-light: #dd8476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.496,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57951,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54E42

secondary

#95C9CE

accent

#CFDC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54E42

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

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