#C62538#C62538

#C62538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.194 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C62538
RGB	rgb(198, 37, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.68, 61.69, 30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.68, 69.01, 26.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.181 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.194 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6670, 13.6184, 5.0704)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C62538 #25C6B3

analogous

#C62588 #C62538 #C66225

triadic

#C62538 #38C625 #2538C6

tetradic

#C62538 #88C625 #25C6B3 #6225C6

square

#C62538 #88C625 #25C6B3 #6225C6

split-complementary

#C62538 #25C662 #2588C6

monochromatic

#5F121B #921B29 #C62538 #DD4B5C #E77E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#C62538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#C62538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C62538

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C62538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C62538	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c62538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 37, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.194 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0716e',
    500: '#c62538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c62538;
$custom-light: #e0716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c62538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.919,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53851,
    "c": 0.19431,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C62538

secondary

#77CFC5

accent

#EBD73C

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C62538

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

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