#C45640#C45640

#C45640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.146 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45640
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 42.51, 34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 54.56, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1224 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.146 33)
XYZ	xyz(27.0207, 18.7650, 7.0486)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45640 #40AEC4

analogous

#C4406C #C45640 #C49840

triadic

#C45640 #40C456 #5640C4

tetradic

#C45640 #6CC440 #40AEC4 #9840C4

square

#C45640 #6CC440 #40AEC4 #9840C4

split-complementary

#C45640 #40C498 #406CC4

monochromatic

#692D20 #98402F #C45640 #D27F6F #E1A99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C45640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C45640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45640

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45640	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.146 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8975',
    500: '#c45640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45640;
$custom-light: #dc8975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58864,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.18762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45640

secondary

#93C3CD

accent

#C4DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45640

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

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