#C45F40#C45F40

#C45F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.137 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F40
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 38.01, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 52.54, 43.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1085 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.137 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7851, 20.2937, 7.3034)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F40 #40A5C4

analogous

#C44063 #C45F40 #C4A140

triadic

#C45F40 #40C45F #5F40C4

tetradic

#C45F40 #63C440 #40A5C4 #A140C4

square

#C45F40 #63C440 #40A5C4 #A140C4

split-complementary

#C45F40 #40C4A1 #4063C4

monochromatic

#693220 #98482F #C45F40 #D2866F #E1AD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C45F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C45F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F40

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F40	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)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.137 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e76',
    500: '#c45f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f40;
$custom-light: #dc8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60198,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F40

secondary

#93BFCD

accent

#BADC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F40

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

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