#C3512E#C3512E

#C3512E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.154 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3512E
RGB	rgb(195, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 43.67, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 60.90, 44.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1227 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.154 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9440, 17.6877, 4.6322)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3512E #2EA0C3

analogous

#C32E55 #C3512E #C39C2E

triadic

#C3512E #2EC351 #512EC3

tetradic

#C3512E #55C32E #2EA0C3 #9C2EC3

square

#C3512E #55C32E #2EA0C3 #9C2EC3

split-complementary

#C3512E #2EC39C #2E55C3

monochromatic

#602817 #913C22 #C3512E #D77557 #E39E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C3512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C3512E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3512E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3512E	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71652A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.154 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8569',
    500: '#c3512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3512e;
$custom-light: #dd8569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.094,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57785,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3512E

secondary

#80BBCD

accent

#BFE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3512E

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

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