#C45F42#C45F42

#C45F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.137 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F42
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 38.13, 35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 51.89, 42.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1092 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.137 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8430, 20.3169, 7.6085)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F42 #42A7C4

analogous

#C44266 #C45F42 #C4A042

triadic

#C45F42 #42C45F #5F42C4

tetradic

#C45F42 #66C442 #42A7C4 #A042C4

square

#C45F42 #66C442 #42A7C4 #A042C4

split-complementary

#C45F42 #42C4A0 #4266C4

monochromatic

#6A3221 #994730 #C45F42 #D38671 #E1AE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C45F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C45F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F42

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F42	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)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.137 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f77',
    500: '#c45f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f42;
$custom-light: #dc8f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60226,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F42

secondary

#94C1CE

accent

#BCDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F42

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

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