#C45648#C45648

#C45648 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.144 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45648
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 72)
HSL	hsl(7, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 43.01, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 52.31, 34.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1254 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.144 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2649, 18.8626, 8.3347)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45648 #48B6C4

analogous

#C44878 #C45648 #C49448

triadic

#C45648 #48C456 #5648C4

tetradic

#C45648 #78C448 #48B6C4 #9448C4

square

#C45648 #78C448 #48B6C4 #9448C4

split-complementary

#C45648 #48C494 #4878C4

monochromatic

#6E2C23 #9C3E32 #C45648 #D38176 #E2ABA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C45648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C45648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45648

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45648	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)

#726A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.144 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc897b',
    500: '#c45648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45648;
$custom-light: #dc897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.774,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58988,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45648

secondary

#99C9CF

accent

#CBDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45648

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

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