#C65538#C65538

#C65538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.151 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65538
RGB	rgb(198, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 43.32, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 58.11, 41.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1232 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.151 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2537, 18.7919, 5.9327)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65538 #38A9C6

analogous

#C63862 #C65538 #C69C38

triadic

#C65538 #38C655 #5538C6

tetradic

#C65538 #62C638 #38A9C6 #9C38C6

square

#C65538 #62C638 #38A9C6 #9C38C6

split-complementary

#C65538 #38C69C #3862C6

monochromatic

#672C1D #96412B #C65538 #D47D67 #E2A697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C65538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C65538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65538

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65538	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D93D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.151 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8870',
    500: '#c65538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65538;
$custom-light: #de8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.254,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58918,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65538

secondary

#8DC0CD

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65538

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

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