#C45942#C45942

#C45942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.142 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45942
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 41.15, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 53.25, 39.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1186 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.142 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3232, 19.2773, 7.4352)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45942 #42ADC4

analogous

#C4426C #C45942 #C49A42

triadic

#C45942 #42C459 #5942C4

tetradic

#C45942 #6CC442 #42ADC4 #9A42C4

square

#C45942 #6CC442 #42ADC4 #9A42C4

split-complementary

#C45942 #42C49A #426CC4

monochromatic

#6A2E21 #994230 #C45942 #D38271 #E1AB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C45942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C45942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45942

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45942	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)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.142 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b77',
    500: '#c45942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45942;
$custom-light: #dc8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59327,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45942

secondary

#94C3CE

accent

#C2DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45942

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

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