#C45845#C45845

#C45845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.143 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45845
RGB	rgb(196, 88, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 41.83, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 52.61, 37.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1212 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.143 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3314, 19.1483, 7.8858)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45845 #45B1C4

analogous

#C44572 #C45845 #C49745

triadic

#C45845 #45C458 #5845C4

tetradic

#C45845 #72C445 #45B1C4 #9745C4

square

#C45845 #72C445 #45B1C4 #9745C4

split-complementary

#C45845 #45C497 #4572C4

monochromatic

#6C2D22 #9B4131 #C45845 #D38273 #E1ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C45845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C45845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45845

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45845	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 88, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.143 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8a79',
    500: '#c45845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45845;
$custom-light: #dc8a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.976,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59227,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45845

secondary

#97C6CE

accent

#C6DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45845

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

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