#C45E4E#C45E4E

#C45E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.134 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45E4E
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 39.44, 28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 48.59, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1153 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.134 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1452, 20.2945, 9.6413)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45E4E #4EB4C4

analogous

#C44E79 #C45E4E #C4994E

triadic

#C45E4E #4EC45E #5E4EC4

tetradic

#C45E4E #79C44E #4EB4C4 #994EC4

square

#C45E4E #79C44E #4EB4C4 #994EC4

split-complementary

#C45E4E #4EC499 #4E79C4

monochromatic

#723026 #A04435 #C45E4E #D3887C #E3B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C45E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C45E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E4E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45E4E	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.134 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8e80',
    500: '#c45e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45e4e;
$custom-light: #db8e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60264,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45E4E

secondary

#9EC9D0

accent

#C7DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45E4E

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

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