#C45541#C45541

#C45541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.147 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45541
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 43.06, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 54.51, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1243 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.147 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9702, 18.6179, 7.1734)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45541 #41B0C4

analogous

#C4416E #C45541 #C49641

triadic

#C45541 #41C455 #5541C4

tetradic

#C45541 #6EC441 #41B0C4 #9641C4

square

#C45541 #6EC441 #41B0C4 #9641C4

split-complementary

#C45541 #41C496 #416EC4

monochromatic

#6A2C21 #983F2F #C45541 #D37F70 #E1A99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C45541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C45541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45541

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45541	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)

#72693F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.147 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8876',
    500: '#c45541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45541;
$custom-light: #dc8876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.16,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58737,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45541

secondary

#93C5CD

accent

#C6DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45541

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

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