#C45855#C45855

#C45855 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.139 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45855
RGB	rgb(196, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 42.96, 22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 48.72, 28.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.1274 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.139 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8967, 19.3744, 10.8631)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45855 #55C1C4

analogous

#C45589 #C45855 #C49055

triadic

#C45855 #55C458 #5855C4

tetradic

#C45855 #89C455 #55C1C4 #9055C4

square

#C45855 #89C455 #55C1C4 #9055C4

split-complementary

#C45855 #55C490 #5589C4

monochromatic

#762B29 #A33C39 #C45855 #D48582 #E4B1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#C45855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C45855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45855

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45855	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.139 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8a85',
    500: '#c45855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45855;
$custom-light: #db8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5951,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45855

secondary

#A3D0D2

accent

#D4D850

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45855

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

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