#C45937#C45937

#C45937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.146 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45937
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 40.56, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 56.73, 44.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1147 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.146 38)
XYZ	xyz(27.0296, 19.1598, 5.8885)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45937 #37A2C4

analogous

#C4375C #C45937 #C4A037

triadic

#C45937 #37C459 #5937C4

tetradic

#C45937 #5CC437 #37A2C4 #A037C4

square

#C45937 #5CC437 #37A2C4 #A037C4

split-complementary

#C45937 #37C4A0 #375CC4

monochromatic

#642E1C #94432A #C45937 #D47F65 #E1A794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C45937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C45937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45937

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45937	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)

#766A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.146 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b6f',
    500: '#c45937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45937;
$custom-light: #dd8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.468,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59179,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.19156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45937

secondary

#8BBCCC

accent

#BBDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45937

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

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