#C45537#C45537

#C45537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.149 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45537
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 42.52, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 57.58, 42.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.1208 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.149 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7057, 18.5121, 5.7806)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45537 #37A6C4

analogous

#C43760 #C45537 #C49C37

triadic

#C45537 #37C455 #5537C4

tetradic

#C45537 #60C437 #37A6C4 #9C37C4

square

#C45537 #60C437 #37A6C4 #9C37C4

split-complementary

#C45537 #37C49C #3760C4

monochromatic

#642C1C #94402A #C45537 #D47C65 #E1A594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C45537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C45537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45537

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45537	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)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.149 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd886f',
    500: '#c45537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45537;
$custom-light: #dd886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.766,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58601,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45537

secondary

#8BBECC

accent

#BFDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45537

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

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