#C45A4E#C45A4E

#C45A4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.138 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45A4E
RGB	rgb(196, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(6, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 41.45, 27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 49.68, 33.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1216 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.138 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7987, 19.6015, 9.5258)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45A4E #4EB8C4

analogous

#C44E7D #C45A4E #C4954E

triadic

#C45A4E #4EC45A #5A4EC4

tetradic

#C45A4E #7DC44E #4EB8C4 #954EC4

square

#C45A4E #7DC44E #4EB8C4 #954EC4

split-complementary

#C45A4E #4EC495 #4E7DC4

monochromatic

#722E26 #A04035 #C45A4E #D3857C #E3B0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C45A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C45A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45A4E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45A4E	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.138 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8c7f',
    500: '#c45a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45a4e;
$custom-light: #db8c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.102,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59668,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45A4E

secondary

#9ECBD0

accent

#CBDA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45A4E

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