#C45C42#C45C42

#C45C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.139 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45C42
RGB	rgb(196, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.1%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 39.65, 34.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 52.55, 41.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1139 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.139 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5780, 19.7868, 7.5202)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45C42 #42AAC4

analogous

#C44269 #C45C42 #C49D42

triadic

#C45C42 #42C45C #5C42C4

tetradic

#C45C42 #69C442 #42AAC4 #9D42C4

square

#C45C42 #69C442 #42AAC4 #9D42C4

split-complementary

#C45C42 #42C49D #4269C4

monochromatic

#6A3021 #994530 #C45C42 #D38471 #E1AC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C45C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C45C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45C42

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45C42	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.139 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8d77',
    500: '#c45c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45c42;
$custom-light: #dc8d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59771,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45C42

secondary

#94C2CE

accent

#BFDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45C42

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

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