#C45949#C45949

#C45949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.141 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45949
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 41.60, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 51.25, 35.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.1212 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.141 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5424, 19.3649, 8.5895)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45949 #49B4C4

analogous

#C44976 #C45949 #C49649

triadic

#C45949 #49C459 #5949C4

tetradic

#C45949 #76C449 #49B4C4 #9649C4

square

#C45949 #76C449 #49B4C4 #9649C4

split-complementary

#C45949 #49C496 #4976C4

monochromatic

#6F2E24 #9D4133 #C45949 #D38377 #E2ADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#C45949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C45949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45949

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45949	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)

#746B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.141 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b7c',
    500: '#c45949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45949;
$custom-light: #dc8b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.805,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45949

secondary

#9AC8CF

accent

#C8DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45949

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

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