#C45E40#C45E40

#C45E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.138 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45E40
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 38.52, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 52.75, 43.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1101 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.138 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6956, 20.1147, 7.2736)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45E40 #40A6C4

analogous

#C44064 #C45E40 #C4A040

triadic

#C45E40 #40C45E #5E40C4

tetradic

#C45E40 #64C440 #40A6C4 #A040C4

square

#C45E40 #64C440 #40A6C4 #A040C4

split-complementary

#C45E40 #40C4A0 #4064C4

monochromatic

#693120 #98472F #C45E40 #D2856F #E1AD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C45E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C45E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E40

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45E40	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)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.138 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e76',
    500: '#c45e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45e40;
$custom-light: #dc8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60045,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45E40

secondary

#93C0CD

accent

#BBDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45E40

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

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