#C45552#C45552

#C45552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.143 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45552
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 44.19, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 50.25, 28.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1308 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.143 24)
XYZ	xyz(27.5388, 18.8453, 10.1683)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45552 #52C1C4

analogous

#C45288 #C45552 #C48E52

triadic

#C45552 #52C455 #5552C4

tetradic

#C45552 #88C452 #52C1C4 #8E52C4

square

#C45552 #88C452 #52C1C4 #8E52C4

split-complementary

#C45552 #52C48E #5288C4

monochromatic

#742A28 #A23A37 #C45552 #D48280 #E3AFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C45552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C45552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45552

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45552	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.143 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8982',
    500: '#c45552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45552;
$custom-light: #db8982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59026,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.18842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45552

secondary

#A1D0D1

accent

#D5D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45552

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

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