#C45142#C45142

#C45142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.151 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45142
RGB	rgb(196, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 45.03, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 55.24, 35.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.1306 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.151 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6933, 18.0175, 7.2253)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45142 #42B5C4

analogous

#C44274 #C45142 #C49242

triadic

#C45142 #42C451 #5142C4

tetradic

#C45142 #74C442 #42B5C4 #9242C4

square

#C45142 #74C442 #42B5C4 #9242C4

split-complementary

#C45142 #42C492 #4274C4

monochromatic

#6A2A21 #993C30 #C45142 #D37C71 #E1A79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C45142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C45142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45142

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45142	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.151 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8677',
    500: '#c45142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45142;
$custom-light: #dc8677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58197,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45142

secondary

#94C7CE

accent

#CBDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45142

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

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