#C45539#C45539

#C45539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.149 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45539
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 42.62, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 56.94, 41.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1214 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.149 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7546, 18.5317, 6.0382)
Luminance	0.1853 (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

#C45539 #39A8C4

analogous

#C43963 #C45539 #C49A39

triadic

#C45539 #39C455 #5539C4

tetradic

#C45539 #63C439 #39A8C4 #9A39C4

square

#C45539 #63C439 #39A8C4 #9A39C4

split-complementary

#C45539 #39C49A #3963C4

monochromatic

#652C1D #95402B #C45539 #D37D67 #E1A697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C45539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C45539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45539

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45539	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.149 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8870',
    500: '#c45539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45539;
$custom-light: #dd8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.086,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58626,
    "c": 0.1488,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45539

secondary

#8DBFCC

accent

#C0DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45539

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

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