#C45D4E#C45D4E

#C45D4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.135 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D4E
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 78)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 39.94, 28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 48.86, 35.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1169 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.135 30)
XYZ	xyz(28.0568, 20.1178, 9.6119)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D4E #4EB5C4

analogous

#C44E7A #C45D4E #C4984E

triadic

#C45D4E #4EC45D #5D4EC4

tetradic

#C45D4E #7AC44E #4EB5C4 #984EC4

square

#C45D4E #7AC44E #4EB5C4 #984EC4

split-complementary

#C45D4E #4EC498 #4E7AC4

monochromatic

#723026 #A04335 #C45D4E #D3877C #E3B1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C45D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C45D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D4E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D4E	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.135 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8d80',
    500: '#c45d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d4e;
$custom-light: #db8d80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.627,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60113,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.20115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D4E

secondary

#9ECAD0

accent

#C8DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D4E

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

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