#C45259#C45259

#C45259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.146 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45259
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 46.18, 19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 50.02, 22.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1381 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.146 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5877, 18.4950, 11.5664)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45259 #52C4BD

analogous

#C45292 #C45259 #C48452

triadic

#C45259 #59C452 #5259C4

tetradic

#C45259 #92C452 #52C4BD #8452C4

square

#C45259 #92C452 #52C4BD #8452C4

split-complementary

#C45259 #52C484 #5292C4

monochromatic

#74282C #A2373E #C45259 #D48085 #E3ADB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C45259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C45259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45259

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45259	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.146 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8787',
    500: '#c45259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45259;
$custom-light: #db8787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.316,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58757,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45259

secondary

#A1D1CE

accent

#D9D04F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45259

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

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