#C45656#C45656

#C45656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.142 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45656
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 44.02, 21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 49.17, 26.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1309 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.142 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7748, 19.0666, 11.0199)
Luminance	0.1906 (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

#C45656 #56C4C4

analogous

#C4568D #C45656 #C48D56

triadic

#C45656 #56C456 #5656C4

tetradic

#C45656 #8DC456 #56C4C4 #8D56C4

square

#C45656 #8DC456 #56C4C4 #8D56C4

split-complementary

#C45656 #56C48D #568DC4

monochromatic

#762929 #A43939 #C45656 #D48383 #E4B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C45656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C45656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45656

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45656	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.142 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8985',
    500: '#c45656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45656;
$custom-light: #db8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59246,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45656

secondary

#A4D2D2

accent

#D8D850

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45656

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

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