#C45A42#C45A42

#C45A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.141 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45A42
RGB	rgb(196, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 40.66, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 53.01, 39.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.117 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.141 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4070, 19.4448, 7.4632)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45A42 #42ACC4

analogous

#C4426B #C45A42 #C49B42

triadic

#C45A42 #42C45A #5A42C4

tetradic

#C45A42 #6BC442 #42ACC4 #9B42C4

square

#C45A42 #6BC442 #42ACC4 #9B42C4

split-complementary

#C45A42 #42C49B #426BC4

monochromatic

#6A2F21 #994330 #C45A42 #D38371 #E1AB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C45A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C45A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45A42

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45A42	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.141 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8b77',
    500: '#c45a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45a42;
$custom-light: #dc8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59474,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45A42

secondary

#94C3CE

accent

#C1DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45A42

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

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