#C45848#C45848

#C45848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.142 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45848
RGB	rgb(196, 88, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 42.02, 30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 51.78, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1224 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.142 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4268, 19.1865, 8.3887)
Luminance	0.1918 (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

#C45848 #48B4C4

analogous

#C44876 #C45848 #C49648

triadic

#C45848 #48C458 #5848C4

tetradic

#C45848 #76C448 #48B4C4 #9648C4

square

#C45848 #76C448 #48B4C4 #9648C4

split-complementary

#C45848 #48C496 #4876C4

monochromatic

#6E2D23 #9C4032 #C45848 #D38276 #E2ACA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C45848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C45848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45848

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45848	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 88, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.142 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8a7b',
    500: '#c45848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45848;
$custom-light: #dc8a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59275,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45848

secondary

#99C8CF

accent

#C8DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45848

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

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