#C45972#C45972

#C45972 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.138 H 7.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45972
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 114)
HSL	hsl(346, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(346, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 41.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 45.18, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 45.70, 8.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1373 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.138 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3764, 20.0986, 18.2487)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45972 #59C4AB

analogous

#C459A8 #C45972 #C47559

triadic

#C45972 #72C459 #5972C4

tetradic

#C45972 #A8C459 #59C4AB #7559C4

square

#C45972 #A8C459 #59C4AB #7559C4

split-complementary

#C45972 #59C475 #59A8C4

monochromatic

#782B3D #A53B54 #C45972 #D48698 #E4B3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C45972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C45972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45972

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45972	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.138 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8b9a',
    500: '#c45972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45972;
$custom-light: #da8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.981,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60341,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45972

secondary

#A6D3C8

accent

#D7B851

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0E

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45972

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

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