#C45835#C45835

#C45835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.147 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45835
RGB	rgb(196, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 40.95, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 57.59, 44.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1156 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.147 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8999, 18.9757, 5.6136)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45835 #35A1C4

analogous

#C4355A #C45835 #C4A035

triadic

#C45835 #35C458 #5835C4

tetradic

#C45835 #5AC435 #35A1C4 #A035C4

square

#C45835 #5AC435 #35A1C4 #A035C4

split-complementary

#C45835 #35C4A0 #355AC4

monochromatic

#642D1B #944228 #C45835 #D47E62 #E1A592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C45835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C45835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45835

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45835	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.147 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8a6e',
    500: '#c45835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45835;
$custom-light: #dd8a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.685,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59009,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45835

secondary

#88BCCC

accent

#BBE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45835

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

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