#C45540#C45540

#C45540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.147 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45540
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 43.00, 33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 54.80, 38.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.1239 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.147 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9414, 18.6064, 7.0222)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45540 #40AFC4

analogous

#C4406D #C45540 #C49740

triadic

#C45540 #40C455 #5540C4

tetradic

#C45540 #6DC440 #40AFC4 #9740C4

square

#C45540 #6DC440 #40AFC4 #9740C4

split-complementary

#C45540 #40C497 #406DC4

monochromatic

#692C20 #98402F #C45540 #D27F6F #E1A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C45540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C45540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45540

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45540	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.147 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8875',
    500: '#c45540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45540;
$custom-light: #dc8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58722,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45540

secondary

#93C4CD

accent

#C5DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45540

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

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