#C45941#C45941

#C45941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.143 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45941
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 65)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 41.09, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 53.55, 39.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1182 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.143 34)
XYZ	xyz(27.2940, 19.2656, 7.2813)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45941 #41ACC4

analogous

#C4416A #C45941 #C49A41

triadic

#C45941 #41C459 #5941C4

tetradic

#C45941 #6AC441 #41ACC4 #9A41C4

square

#C45941 #6AC441 #41ACC4 #9A41C4

split-complementary

#C45941 #41C49A #416AC4

monochromatic

#6A2E21 #98432F #C45941 #D38270 #E1AB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C45941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C45941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45941

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45941	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)

#756B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.143 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b76',
    500: '#c45941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45941;
$custom-light: #dc8b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.992,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59312,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.19262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45941

secondary

#93C3CD

accent

#C2DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45941

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

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