#C45532#C45532

#C45532 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.151 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45532
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 42.29, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 59.19, 44.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.1191 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.151 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5919, 18.4666, 5.1811)
Luminance	0.1846 (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

#C45532 #32A1C4

analogous

#C43258 #C45532 #C49E32

triadic

#C45532 #32C455 #5532C4

tetradic

#C45532 #58C432 #32A1C4 #9E32C4

square

#C45532 #58C432 #32A1C4 #9E32C4

split-complementary

#C45532 #32C49E #3258C4

monochromatic

#622B19 #934026 #C45532 #D67A5D #E2A28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C45532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C45532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45532

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45532	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74682E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.151 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd886c',
    500: '#c45532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45532;
$custom-light: #dd886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.384,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58543,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45532

secondary

#85BCCD

accent

#BDE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45532

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

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