#C45748#C45748

#C45748 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.143 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45748
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 72)
HSL	hsl(7, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 42.52, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 52.04, 35.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1239 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.143 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3453, 19.0234, 8.3615)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45748 #48B5C4

analogous

#C44877 #C45748 #C49548

triadic

#C45748 #48C457 #5748C4

tetradic

#C45748 #77C448 #48B5C4 #9548C4

square

#C45748 #77C448 #48B5C4 #9548C4

split-complementary

#C45748 #48C495 #4877C4

monochromatic

#6E2D23 #9C3F32 #C45748 #D38176 #E2ACA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C45748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C45748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45748

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45748	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.143 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8a7b',
    500: '#c45748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45748;
$custom-light: #dc8a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.258,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59131,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45748

secondary

#99C8CF

accent

#CADB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45748

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

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