#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
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 41.59, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 56.82, 42.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.1181 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.147 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8896, 18.8411, 5.9613)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##C45738	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)

#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

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

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