#C64538#C64538

#C64538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.167 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C64538
RGB	rgb(198, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 50.60, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 61.88, 35.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1459 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.167 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1334, 16.5513, 5.5592)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C64538 #38B9C6

analogous

#C63872 #C64538 #C68C38

triadic

#C64538 #38C645 #4538C6

tetradic

#C64538 #72C638 #38B9C6 #8C38C6

square

#C64538 #72C638 #38B9C6 #8C38C6

split-complementary

#C64538 #38C68C #3872C6

monochromatic

#67241D #96342B #C64538 #D47167 #E29E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C64538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C64538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C64538

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C64538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C64538	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D92343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c64538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.167 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f6f',
    500: '#c64538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c64538;
$custom-light: #df7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c64538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.493,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56841,
    "c": 0.16687,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C64538

secondary

#8DC7CD

accent

#D1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C64538

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

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