#C75438#C75438

#C75438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.153 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C75438
RGB	rgb(199, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 44.17, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 58.76, 41.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.1257 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.153 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4401, 18.7719, 5.9190)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C75438 #38ABC7

analogous

#C73864 #C75438 #C79B38

triadic

#C75438 #38C754 #5438C7

tetradic

#C75438 #64C738 #38ABC7 #9B38C7

square

#C75438 #64C738 #38ABC7 #9B38C7

split-complementary

#C75438 #38C79B #3864C7

monochromatic

#672C1D #97402B #C75438 #D47D68 #E2A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C75438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C75438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C75438

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C75438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C75438	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c75438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.153 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8870',
    500: '#c75438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c75438;
$custom-light: #df8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c75438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.748,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58931,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C75438

secondary

#8DC1CD

accent

#C2DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C75438

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

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