#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
RGBrgb(197, 84, 56)
HSLhsl(12, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(12, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 57.4%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(50.10, 43.43, 38.30)
CIE-LCHlch(50.10, 57.91, 41.41°)
OKLaboklab(58.63% 0.1236 0.0869)
OKLCHoklch(58.63% 0.151 35.1)
XYZxyz(26.9128, 18.5000, 5.8943)
Luminance0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C554381.004.474.704.70
#FFFFFF4.471.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7021.001.001.00
##0000004.7021.001.001.00

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

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#C55438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva