#C45D43#C45D43

#C45D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.138 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D43
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 67)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 65.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 39.21, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 52.02, 41.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1127 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.138 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6949, 19.9731, 7.7059)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D43 #43AAC4

analogous

#C4436A #C45D43 #C49E43

triadic

#C45D43 #43C45D #5D43C4

tetradic

#C45D43 #6AC443 #43AAC4 #9E43C4

square

#C45D43 #6AC443 #43AAC4 #9E43C4

split-complementary

#C45D43 #43C49E #436AC4

monochromatic

#6B3022 #9A4530 #C45D43 #D38572 #E1ADA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#C45D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#C45D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D43

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D43	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)

#786E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.138 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8d78',
    500: '#c45d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d43;
$custom-light: #dc8d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.093,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59936,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D43

secondary

#95C2CE

accent

#BFDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D43

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

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