#C4543E#C4543E

#C4543E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.148 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4543E
RGB	rgb(196, 84, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 43.37, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 55.64, 38.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1247 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.148 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8074, 18.4277, 6.7017)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4543E #3EAEC4

analogous

#C43E6B #C4543E #C4973E

triadic

#C4543E #3EC454 #543EC4

tetradic

#C4543E #6BC43E #3EAEC4 #973EC4

square

#C4543E #6BC43E #3EAEC4 #973EC4

split-complementary

#C4543E #3EC497 #3E6BC4

monochromatic

#682C20 #973F2E #C4543E #D27E6D #E1A79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C4543E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C4543E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4543E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4543E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4543E	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4543e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 84, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.148 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8874',
    500: '#c4543e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4543e;
$custom-light: #dd8874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4543e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58552,
    "c": 0.14844,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4543E

secondary

#91C3CD

accent

#C5DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4543E

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

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