#C65238#C65238

#C65238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.154 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65238
RGB	rgb(198, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.6%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 44.75, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 58.79, 40.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1276 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.154 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0225, 18.3295, 5.8556)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65238 #38ACC6

analogous

#C63865 #C65238 #C69938

triadic

#C65238 #38C652 #5238C6

tetradic

#C65238 #65C638 #38ACC6 #9938C6

square

#C65238 #65C638 #38ACC6 #9938C6

split-complementary

#C65238 #38C699 #3865C6

monochromatic

#672A1D #963E2B #C65238 #D47B67 #E2A597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C65238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C65238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65238

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65238	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.154 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8670',
    500: '#c65238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65238;
$custom-light: #de8670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.986,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58502,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65238

secondary

#8DC1CD

accent

#C4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65238

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

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