#C45645#C45645

#C45645 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.145 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45645
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 42.81, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 53.12, 36.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1243 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.145 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1694, 18.8244, 7.8318)
Luminance	0.1882 (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

#C45645 #45B3C4

analogous

#C44574 #C45645 #C49545

triadic

#C45645 #45C456 #5645C4

tetradic

#C45645 #74C445 #45B3C4 #9545C4

square

#C45645 #74C445 #45B3C4 #9545C4

split-complementary

#C45645 #45C495 #4574C4

monochromatic

#6C2C22 #9B3F31 #C45645 #D38073 #E1AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C45645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C45645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45645

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45645	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.145 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8979',
    500: '#c45645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45645;
$custom-light: #dc8979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.031,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5894,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45645

secondary

#97C7CE

accent

#C8DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45645

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

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