#C45437#C45437

#C45437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.150 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45437
RGB	rgb(196, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 43.01, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 57.79, 41.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1223 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.15 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6275, 18.3558, 5.7545)
Luminance	0.1835 (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

#C45437 #37A7C4

analogous

#C43761 #C45437 #C49A37

triadic

#C45437 #37C454 #5437C4

tetradic

#C45437 #61C437 #37A7C4 #9A37C4

square

#C45437 #61C437 #37A7C4 #9A37C4

split-complementary

#C45437 #37C49A #3761C4

monochromatic

#642B1C #94402A #C45437 #D47B65 #E1A494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C45437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C45437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45437

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45437	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.150 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd886f',
    500: '#c45437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45437;
$custom-light: #dd886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.34,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5846,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45437

secondary

#8BBFCC

accent

#C0DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45437

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

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