#C45542#C45542

#C45542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.146 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45542
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 43.12, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 54.22, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1247 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.146 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9994, 18.6296, 7.3273)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45542 #42B1C4

analogous

#C44270 #C45542 #C49642

triadic

#C45542 #42C455 #5542C4

tetradic

#C45542 #70C442 #42B1C4 #9642C4

square

#C45542 #70C442 #42B1C4 #9642C4

split-complementary

#C45542 #42C496 #4270C4

monochromatic

#6A2C21 #993F30 #C45542 #D37F71 #E1A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C45542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C45542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45542

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45542	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.146 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8877',
    500: '#c45542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45542;
$custom-light: #dc8877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58751,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45542

secondary

#94C5CE

accent

#C7DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45542

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

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