#C45E41#C45E41

#C45E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.138 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45E41
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 65)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 38.58, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 52.43, 42.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1104 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.138 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7243, 20.1262, 7.4248)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45E41 #41A7C4

analogous

#C44165 #C45E41 #C49F41

triadic

#C45E41 #41C45E #5E41C4

tetradic

#C45E41 #65C441 #41A7C4 #9F41C4

square

#C45E41 #65C441 #41A7C4 #9F41C4

split-complementary

#C45E41 #41C49F #4165C4

monochromatic

#6A3121 #98472F #C45E41 #D38670 #E1AD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C45E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C45E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E41

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45E41	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)

#796E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.138 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e76',
    500: '#c45e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45e41;
$custom-light: #dc8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.282,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45E41

secondary

#93C1CD

accent

#BCDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45E41

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

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