#C45F45#C45F45

#C45F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.136 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F45
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 69)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, 38.32, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 50.95, 41.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1103 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.136 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9338, 20.3532, 8.0866)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F45 #45AAC4

analogous

#C4456B #C45F45 #C49E45

triadic

#C45F45 #45C45F #5F45C4

tetradic

#C45F45 #6BC445 #45AAC4 #9E45C4

square

#C45F45 #6BC445 #45AAC4 #9E45C4

split-complementary

#C45F45 #45C49E #456BC4

monochromatic

#6C3122 #9B4731 #C45F45 #D38773 #E1AFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C45F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C45F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F45

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F45	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.136 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f79',
    500: '#c45f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f45;
$custom-light: #dc8f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.283,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6027,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F45

secondary

#97C3CE

accent

#BEDB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F45

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

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