#C45236#C45236

#C45236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.152 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45236
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 43.92, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 58.55, 41.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1249 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.152 35)
XYZ	xyz(26.4508, 18.0402, 5.5786)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45236 #36A8C4

analogous

#C43661 #C45236 #C49936

triadic

#C45236 #36C452 #5236C4

tetradic

#C45236 #61C436 #36A8C4 #9936C4

square

#C45236 #61C436 #36A8C4 #9936C4

split-complementary

#C45236 #36C499 #3661C4

monochromatic

#642A1C #943E29 #C45236 #D47963 #E1A393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C45236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C45236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45236

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45236	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.152 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd866e',
    500: '#c45236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45236;
$custom-light: #dd866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.831,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58168,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.18037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45236

secondary

#89BFCC

accent

#C2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45236

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

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