#C45237#C45237

#C45237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.152 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45237
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 43.97, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 58.24, 40.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1252 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.152 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4745, 18.0497, 5.7035)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45237 #37A9C4

analogous

#C43763 #C45237 #C49837

triadic

#C45237 #37C452 #5237C4

tetradic

#C45237 #63C437 #37A9C4 #9837C4

square

#C45237 #63C437 #37A9C4 #9837C4

split-complementary

#C45237 #37C498 #3763C4

monochromatic

#642A1C #943E2A #C45237 #D47A65 #E1A394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C45237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C45237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45237

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45237	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)

#716634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.152 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd866f',
    500: '#c45237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45237;
$custom-light: #dd866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58181,
    "c": 0.15223,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45237

secondary

#8BC0CC

accent

#C3DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45237

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

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