#C45840#C45840

#C45840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.144 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45840
RGB	rgb(196, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 41.53, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 54.09, 39.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1194 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.144 34)
XYZ	xyz(27.1826, 19.0888, 7.1026)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45840 #40ACC4

analogous

#C4406A #C45840 #C49A40

triadic

#C45840 #40C458 #5840C4

tetradic

#C45840 #6AC440 #40ACC4 #9A40C4

square

#C45840 #6AC440 #40ACC4 #9A40C4

split-complementary

#C45840 #40C49A #406AC4

monochromatic

#692E20 #98422F #C45840 #D2816F #E1AA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C45840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C45840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45840

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45840	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.144 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8a75',
    500: '#c45840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45840;
$custom-light: #dc8a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59152,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.19085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45840

secondary

#93C3CD

accent

#C2DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45840

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

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