#C45757#C45757

#C45757 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.140 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45757
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 43.61, 21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 48.66, 26.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1298 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.14 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8957, 19.2436, 11.2603)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45757 #57C4C4

analogous

#C4578D #C45757 #C48D57

triadic

#C45757 #57C457 #5757C4

tetradic

#C45757 #8DC457 #57C4C4 #8D57C4

square

#C45757 #8DC457 #57C4C4 #8D57C4

split-complementary

#C45757 #57C48D #578DC4

monochromatic

#772A2A #A43A3A #C45757 #D48484 #E4B2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C45757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C45757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45757

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45757	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.140 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8a86',
    500: '#c45757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45757;
$custom-light: #db8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59408,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45757

secondary

#A5D2D2

accent

#D8D850

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45757

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

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