#C45D52#C45D52

#C45D52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.134 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D52
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 82)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(6, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 40.24, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 47.86, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.1185 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.134 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2046, 20.1770, 10.3903)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D52 #52B9C4

analogous

#C45280 #C45D52 #C49652

triadic

#C45D52 #52C45D #5D52C4

tetradic

#C45D52 #80C452 #52B9C4 #9652C4

square

#C45D52 #80C452 #52B9C4 #9652C4

split-complementary

#C45D52 #52C496 #5280C4

monochromatic

#742F28 #A24137 #C45D52 #D48880 #E3B2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C45D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C45D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D52

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D52	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.134 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8d82',
    500: '#c45d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d52;
$custom-light: #db8d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.789,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60185,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D52

secondary

#A1CCD1

accent

#CBD94F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D52

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

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