#C45253#C45253

#C45253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.147 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45253
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 45.70, 22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 51.01, 26.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1357 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.147 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3459, 18.3983, 10.2931)
Luminance	0.1840 (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

#C45253 #52C4C3

analogous

#C4528C #C45253 #C48A52

triadic

#C45253 #53C452 #5253C4

tetradic

#C45253 #8CC452 #52C4C3 #8A52C4

square

#C45253 #8CC452 #52C4C3 #8A52C4

split-complementary

#C45253 #52C48A #528CC4

monochromatic

#742828 #A23738 #C45253 #D48080 #E3ADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C45253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C45253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45253

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45253	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.147 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8783',
    500: '#c45253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45253;
$custom-light: #db8783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.474,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58633,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45253

secondary

#A1D1D1

accent

#D9D74F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45253

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

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