#C95539#C95539

#C95539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.154 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C95539
RGB	rgb(201, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, 44.48, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 59.08, 41.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.1267 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.154 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0772, 19.2136, 6.1002)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C95539 #39ADC9

analogous

#C93965 #C95539 #C99D39

triadic

#C95539 #39C955 #5539C9

tetradic

#C95539 #65C939 #39ADC9 #9D39C9

square

#C95539 #65C939 #39ADC9 #9D39C9

split-complementary

#C95539 #39C99D #3965C9

monochromatic

#6B2C1D #9B402A #C95539 #D67E69 #E3A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C95539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C95539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C95539

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C95539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C95539	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c95539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.154 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18970',
    500: '#c95539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c95539;
$custom-light: #e18970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c95539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59389,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C95539

secondary

#8FC2CF

accent

#C3E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C95539

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

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