#C45938#C45938

#C45938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.145 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45938
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 40.60, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 56.40, 43.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.115 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.145 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0538, 19.1695, 6.0161)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45938 #38A3C4

analogous

#C4385D #C45938 #C49F38

triadic

#C45938 #38C459 #5938C4

tetradic

#C45938 #5DC438 #38A3C4 #9F38C4

square

#C45938 #5DC438 #38A3C4 #9F38C4

split-complementary

#C45938 #38C49F #385DC4

monochromatic

#652E1D #94432A #C45938 #D38066 #E1A796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C45938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C45938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45938

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45938	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.145 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b70',
    500: '#c45938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45938;
$custom-light: #dd8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59192,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45938

secondary

#8CBDCC

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45938

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

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