#C45740#C45740

#C45740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.145 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45740
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 42.02, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 54.32, 39.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1209 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.145 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1011, 18.9258, 7.0754)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45740 #40ADC4

analogous

#C4406B #C45740 #C49940

triadic

#C45740 #40C457 #5740C4

tetradic

#C45740 #6BC440 #40ADC4 #9940C4

square

#C45740 #6BC440 #40ADC4 #9940C4

split-complementary

#C45740 #40C499 #406BC4

monochromatic

#692D20 #98412F #C45740 #D2806F #E1A99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C45740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#C45740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45740

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45740	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F813D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.145 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8975',
    500: '#c45740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45740;
$custom-light: #dc8975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59007,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45740

secondary

#93C3CD

accent

#C3DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45740

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

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