#C45940#C45940

#C45940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.143 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45940
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 41.04, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 53.85, 40.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1178 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.143 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2653, 19.2541, 7.1301)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45940 #40ABC4

analogous

#C44069 #C45940 #C49B40

triadic

#C45940 #40C459 #5940C4

tetradic

#C45940 #69C440 #40ABC4 #9B40C4

square

#C45940 #69C440 #40ABC4 #9B40C4

split-complementary

#C45940 #40C49B #4069C4

monochromatic

#692E20 #98432F #C45940 #D2826F #E1AA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C45940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C45940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45940

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45940	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.143 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b75',
    500: '#c45940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45940;
$custom-light: #dc8b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.364,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59298,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45940

secondary

#93C2CD

accent

#C1DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45940

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

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