#C4502F#C4502F

#C4502F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.156 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4502F
RGB	rgb(196, 80, 47)
HSL	hsl(13, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 44.56, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 61.21, 43.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1256 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.156 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1494, 17.6819, 4.7247)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4502F #2FA3C4

analogous

#C42F58 #C4502F #C49B2F

triadic

#C4502F #2FC450 #502FC4

tetradic

#C4502F #58C42F #2FA3C4 #9B2FC4

square

#C4502F #58C42F #2FA3C4 #9B2FC4

split-complementary

#C4502F #2FC49B #2F58C4

monochromatic

#612817 #933C23 #C4502F #D77559 #E39E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C4502F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C4502F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4502F

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4502F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4502F	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)

#70652B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4502f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 80, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.156 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8569',
    500: '#c4502f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4502f;
$custom-light: #de8569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4502f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.289,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57814,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4502F

secondary

#82BCCD

accent

#C1E443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4502F

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

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