#C45843#C45843

#C45843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.143 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45843
RGB	rgb(196, 88, 67)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 41.71, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 53.19, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.1205 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.143 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2703, 19.1239, 7.5643)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45843 #43AFC4

analogous

#C4436F #C45843 #C49843

triadic

#C45843 #43C458 #5843C4

tetradic

#C45843 #6FC443 #43AFC4 #9843C4

square

#C45843 #6FC443 #43AFC4 #9843C4

split-complementary

#C45843 #43C498 #436FC4

monochromatic

#6B2E22 #9A4130 #C45843 #D38172 #E1ABA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C45843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C45843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45843

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45843	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#746A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 88, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.143 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8a77',
    500: '#c45843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45843;
$custom-light: #dc8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.767,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59196,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45843

secondary

#95C5CE

accent

#C4DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45843

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

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