#C45738#C45738

#C45738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.147 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C45738
RGBrgb(196, 87, 56)
HSLhsl(13, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(13, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 55.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(50.50, 41.59, 38.71)
CIE-LCHlch(50.50, 56.82, 42.95°)
OKLaboklab(58.9% 0.1181 0.0879)
OKLCHoklch(58.9% 0.147 36.7)
XYZxyz(26.8896, 18.8411, 5.9613)
Luminance0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C45738 #38A5C4
analogous
#C4385F #C45738 #C49D38
triadic
#C45738 #38C457 #5738C4
tetradic
#C45738 #5FC438 #38A5C4 #9D38C4
square
#C45738 #5FC438 #38A5C4 #9D38C4
split-complementary
#C45738 #38C49D #385FC4
monochromatic
#652D1D #94422A #C45738 #D37E66 #E1A696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40
#C45738 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77
#C45738 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45738
4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C45738#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C457381.004.404.774.77
#FFFFFF4.401.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7721.001.001.00
##0000004.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#756934
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8F8135
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D74050
Achromatopsia (no color)
#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c45738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.147 36.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8970',
    500: '#c45738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c45738;
$custom-light: #dd8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c45738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.589,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C45738
secondary
#8CBECC
accent
#BEDF49
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDF0EC
border
#D5CBC7
text
#160C07
muted
#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45738

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#C45738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva