#C45D41#C45D41

#C45D41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.139 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D41
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 65)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 39.09, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 52.64, 42.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.112 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.139 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6360, 19.9495, 7.3953)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D41 #41A8C4

analogous

#C44166 #C45D41 #C49E41

triadic

#C45D41 #41C45D #5D41C4

tetradic

#C45D41 #66C441 #41A8C4 #9E41C4

square

#C45D41 #66C441 #41A8C4 #9E41C4

split-complementary

#C45D41 #41C49E #4166C4

monochromatic

#6A3021 #98462F #C45D41 #D38570 #E1AD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#C45D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#C45D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D41

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D41	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.139 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8d76',
    500: '#c45d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d41;
$custom-light: #dc8d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.824,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59907,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D41

secondary

#93C1CD

accent

#BDDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D41

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

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