#C45538#C45538

#C45538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.149 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45538
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 42.57, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 57.26, 41.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1211 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.149 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7299, 18.5218, 5.9081)
Luminance	0.1852 (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

#C45538 #38A7C4

analogous

#C43861 #C45538 #C49B38

triadic

#C45538 #38C455 #5538C4

tetradic

#C45538 #61C438 #38A7C4 #9B38C4

square

#C45538 #61C438 #38A7C4 #9B38C4

split-complementary

#C45538 #38C49B #3861C4

monochromatic

#652C1D #94402A #C45538 #D37D66 #E1A596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C45538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C45538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45538

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45538	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	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)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.149 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8870',
    500: '#c45538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45538;
$custom-light: #dd8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58613,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45538

secondary

#8CBFCC

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45538

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

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