#C55438#C55438

#C55438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.151 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55438
RGB	rgb(197, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 43.43, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 57.91, 41.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1236 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.151 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9128, 18.5000, 5.8943)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55438 #38A9C5

analogous

#C53863 #C55438 #C59B38

triadic

#C55438 #38C554 #5438C5

tetradic

#C55438 #63C538 #38A9C5 #9B38C5

square

#C55438 #63C538 #38A9C5 #9B38C5

split-complementary

#C55438 #38C59B #3863C5

monochromatic

#662B1D #95402A #C55438 #D47C67 #E1A596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C55438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C55438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55438

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55438	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.151 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8870',
    500: '#c55438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55438;
$custom-light: #de8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.915,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58625,
    "c": 0.15115,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55438

secondary

#8CC0CD

accent

#C1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55438

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

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