#C45F50#C45F50

#C45F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.132 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F50
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 80)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 39.08, 27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 47.80, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.1145 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.132 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3075, 20.5026, 10.0546)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F50 #50B5C4

analogous

#C4507B #C45F50 #C49950

triadic

#C45F50 #50C45F #5F50C4

tetradic

#C45F50 #7BC450 #50B5C4 #9950C4

square

#C45F50 #7BC450 #50B5C4 #9950C4

split-complementary

#C45F50 #50C499 #507BC4

monochromatic

#733127 #A14436 #C45F50 #D3897E #E3B3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C45F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C45F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F50

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F50	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78704E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.132 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8f81',
    500: '#c45f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f50;
$custom-light: #db8f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.759,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60451,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F50

secondary

#9FCAD1

accent

#C7D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F50

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

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