#C65438#C65438

#C65438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.152 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65438
RGB	rgb(198, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 43.80, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 58.33, 41.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1247 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.152 35)
XYZ	xyz(27.1756, 18.6355, 5.9066)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65438 #38AAC6

analogous

#C63863 #C65438 #C69B38

triadic

#C65438 #38C654 #5438C6

tetradic

#C65438 #63C638 #38AAC6 #9B38C6

square

#C65438 #63C638 #38AAC6 #9B38C6

split-complementary

#C65438 #38C69B #3863C6

monochromatic

#672C1D #96402B #C65438 #D47D67 #E2A697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C65438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C65438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65438

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65438	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D93B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.152 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8870',
    500: '#c65438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65438;
$custom-light: #de8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.831,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58778,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.18632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65438

secondary

#8DC0CD

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65438

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

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