#C45F53#C45F53

#C45F53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.132 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F53
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 83)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(6, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 57.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, 39.30, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 47.05, 33.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1157 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.132 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4208, 20.5480, 10.6514)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F53 #53B8C4

analogous

#C4537F #C45F53 #C49853

triadic

#C45F53 #53C45F #5F53C4

tetradic

#C45F53 #7FC453 #53B8C4 #9853C4

square

#C45F53 #7FC453 #53B8C4 #9853C4

split-complementary

#C45F53 #53C498 #537FC4

monochromatic

#753028 #A24338 #C45F53 #D48981 #E3B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C45F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C45F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F53

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F53	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.132 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8f83',
    500: '#c45f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f53;
$custom-light: #db8f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.372,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60505,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F53

secondary

#A2CCD1

accent

#CAD84F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F53

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

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