#C15A42#C15A42

#C15A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.138 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C15A42
RGB	rgb(193, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 39.51, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 51.71, 40.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1138 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.138 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6343, 19.0464, 7.4270)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C15A42 #42A9C1

analogous

#C14269 #C15A42 #C19A42

triadic

#C15A42 #42C15A #5A42C1

tetradic

#C15A42 #69C142 #42A9C1 #9A42C1

square

#C15A42 #69C142 #42A9C1 #9A42C1

split-complementary

#C15A42 #42C19A #4269C1

monochromatic

#672F22 #954431 #C15A42 #D08270 #DFAA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C15A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C15A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C15A42

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C15A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C15A42	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c15a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.138 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8b77',
    500: '#c15a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c15a42;
$custom-light: #da8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c15a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.339,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59031,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C15A42

secondary

#93C1CC

accent

#C0DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C15A42

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

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