#C45445#C45445

#C45445 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.147 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45445
RGB	rgb(196, 84, 69)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 43.78, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 53.64, 35.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1273 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.147 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0120, 18.5095, 7.7793)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45445 #45B5C4

analogous

#C44575 #C45445 #C49445

triadic

#C45445 #45C454 #5445C4

tetradic

#C45445 #75C445 #45B5C4 #9445C4

square

#C45445 #75C445 #45B5C4 #9445C4

split-complementary

#C45445 #45C494 #4575C4

monochromatic

#6C2B22 #9B3E31 #C45445 #D37F73 #E1A9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C45445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C45445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45445

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45445	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)

#716843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 84, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.147 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8879',
    500: '#c45445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45445;
$custom-light: #dc8879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.087,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58658,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45445

secondary

#97C8CE

accent

#CADB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45445

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

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