#C45948#C45948

#C45948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.141 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45948
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 63.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 41.53, 30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 51.52, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1208 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.141 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5095, 19.3518, 8.4162)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45948 #48B3C4

analogous

#C44875 #C45948 #C49748

triadic

#C45948 #48C459 #5948C4

tetradic

#C45948 #75C448 #48B3C4 #9748C4

square

#C45948 #75C448 #48B3C4 #9748C4

split-complementary

#C45948 #48C497 #4875C4

monochromatic

#6E2E23 #9C4132 #C45948 #D38376 #E2ADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#C45948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C45948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45948

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45948	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.141 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b7b',
    500: '#c45948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45948;
$custom-light: #dc8b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.226,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5942,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45948

secondary

#99C7CF

accent

#C7DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45948

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

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