#C45342#C45342

#C45342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.148 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45342
RGB	rgb(196, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 44.08, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 54.72, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1277 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.148 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8441, 18.3191, 7.2756)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45342 #42B3C4

analogous

#C44272 #C45342 #C49442

triadic

#C45342 #42C453 #5342C4

tetradic

#C45342 #72C442 #42B3C4 #9442C4

square

#C45342 #72C442 #42B3C4 #9442C4

split-complementary

#C45342 #42C494 #4272C4

monochromatic

#6A2B21 #993E30 #C45342 #D37D71 #E1A89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C45342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C45342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45342

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45342	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.148 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8777',
    500: '#c45342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45342;
$custom-light: #dc8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58471,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45342

secondary

#94C6CE

accent

#C9DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45342

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

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