#C45E45#C45E45

#C45E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.137 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45E45
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 38.83, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 51.17, 40.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1119 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.137 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8443, 20.1742, 8.0568)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45E45 #45ABC4

analogous

#C4456C #C45E45 #C49E45

triadic

#C45E45 #45C45E #5E45C4

tetradic

#C45E45 #6CC445 #45ABC4 #9E45C4

square

#C45E45 #6CC445 #45ABC4 #9E45C4

split-complementary

#C45E45 #45C49E #456CC4

monochromatic

#6C3122 #9B4631 #C45E45 #D38673 #E1AEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C45E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C45E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E45

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45E45	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)

#796E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.137 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e79',
    500: '#c45e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45e45;
$custom-light: #dc8e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.811,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60118,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45E45

secondary

#97C3CE

accent

#BFDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45E45

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

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