#C45543#C45543

#C45543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.146 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45543
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 43.18, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 53.94, 36.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.125 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.146 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0291, 18.6415, 7.4839)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45543 #43B2C4

analogous

#C44372 #C45543 #C49643

triadic

#C45543 #43C455 #5543C4

tetradic

#C45543 #72C443 #43B2C4 #9643C4

square

#C45543 #72C443 #43B2C4 #9643C4

split-complementary

#C45543 #43C496 #4372C4

monochromatic

#6B2C22 #9A3F30 #C45543 #D37F72 #E1A9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C45543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C45543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45543

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45543	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)

#726941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.146 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8877',
    500: '#c45543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45543;
$custom-light: #dc8877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.372,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58767,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45543

secondary

#95C6CE

accent

#C8DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45543

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

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