#C45438#C45438

#C45438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.150 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45438
RGB	rgb(196, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 43.06, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 57.48, 41.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1226 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.15 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6517, 18.3654, 5.8821)
Luminance	0.1836 (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

#C45438 #38A8C4

analogous

#C43862 #C45438 #C49A38

triadic

#C45438 #38C454 #5438C4

tetradic

#C45438 #62C438 #38A8C4 #9A38C4

square

#C45438 #62C438 #38A8C4 #9A38C4

split-complementary

#C45438 #38C49A #3862C4

monochromatic

#652B1D #94402A #C45438 #D37C66 #E1A596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C45438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C45438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45438

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45438	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.150 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8870',
    500: '#c45438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45438;
$custom-light: #dd8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58472,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45438

secondary

#8CBFCC

accent

#C1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45438

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

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