#C75538#C75538

#C75538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.152 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C75538
RGB	rgb(199, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 43.69, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 58.54, 41.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1242 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.152 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5183, 18.9283, 5.9451)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C75538 #38AAC7

analogous

#C73862 #C75538 #C79D38

triadic

#C75538 #38C755 #5538C7

tetradic

#C75538 #62C738 #38AAC7 #9D38C7

square

#C75538 #62C738 #38AAC7 #9D38C7

split-complementary

#C75538 #38C79D #3862C7

monochromatic

#672C1D #97412B #C75538 #D47E68 #E2A798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C75538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C75538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C75538

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C75538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C75538	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c75538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.152 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8870',
    500: '#c75538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c75538;
$custom-light: #df8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c75538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.168,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59071,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C75538

secondary

#8DC0CD

accent

#C1DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C75538

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

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