#C45544#C45544

#C45544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.146 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45544
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 43.24, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 53.66, 36.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1254 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.146 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0594, 18.6536, 7.6433)
Luminance	0.1865 (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

#C45544 #44B3C4

analogous

#C44473 #C45544 #C49544

triadic

#C45544 #44C455 #5544C4

tetradic

#C45544 #73C444 #44B3C4 #9544C4

square

#C45544 #73C444 #44B3C4 #9544C4

split-complementary

#C45544 #44C495 #4473C4

monochromatic

#6C2C22 #9A3F31 #C45544 #D37F73 #E1AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C45544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C45544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45544

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45544	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)

#726942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.146 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8878',
    500: '#c45544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45544;
$custom-light: #dc8878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.969,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58782,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45544

secondary

#96C7CE

accent

#C8DB4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45544

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

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