#C3462A#C3462A

#C3462A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.166 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3462A
RGB	rgb(195, 70, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 48.55, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 64.54, 41.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1371 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.166 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1165, 16.1532, 3.9854)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3462A #2AA7C3

analogous

#C32A5B #C3462A #C3932A

triadic

#C3462A #2AC346 #462AC3

tetradic

#C3462A #5BC32A #2AA7C3 #932AC3

square

#C3462A #5BC32A #2AA7C3 #932AC3

split-complementary

#C3462A #2AC393 #2A5BC3

monochromatic

#5E2214 #91341F #C3462A #D96A51 #E49583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#C3462A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#C3462A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3462A

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3462A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3462A	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3462a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 70, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.166 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7f65',
    500: '#c3462a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3462a;
$custom-light: #de7f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3462a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.98,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56307,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3462A

secondary

#7BBECD

accent

#C9E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3462A

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

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