#C45D45#C45D45

#C45D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.138 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D45
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 69)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 39.33, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 51.40, 40.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.1135 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.138 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7560, 19.9975, 8.0273)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D45 #45ACC4

analogous

#C4456C #C45D45 #C49D45

triadic

#C45D45 #45C45D #5D45C4

tetradic

#C45D45 #6CC445 #45ACC4 #9D45C4

square

#C45D45 #6CC445 #45ACC4 #9D45C4

split-complementary

#C45D45 #45C49D #456CC4

monochromatic

#6C3022 #9B4531 #C45D45 #D38573 #E1AEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C45D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C45D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D45

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D45	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.138 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8d79',
    500: '#c45d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d45;
$custom-light: #dc8d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.339,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59966,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D45

secondary

#97C4CE

accent

#C0DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D45

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

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