#C45255#C45255

#C45255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.146 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45255
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 45.86, 21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 50.65, 25.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1365 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.146 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4243, 18.4296, 10.7057)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45255 #52C4C1

analogous

#C4528E #C45255 #C48852

triadic

#C45255 #55C452 #5255C4

tetradic

#C45255 #8EC452 #52C4C1 #8852C4

square

#C45255 #8EC452 #52C4C1 #8852C4

split-complementary

#C45255 #52C488 #528EC4

monochromatic

#74282A #A2373A #C45255 #D48082 #E3ADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C45255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C45255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45255

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45255	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.146 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8784',
    500: '#c45255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45255;
$custom-light: #db8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58673,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45255

secondary

#A1D1D0

accent

#D9D54F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45255

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

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