#C5462F#C5462F

#C5462F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.167 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5462F
RGB	rgb(197, 70, 47)
HSL	hsl(9, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 76.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 49.44, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 63.85, 39.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1406 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.167 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7320, 16.4596, 4.5108)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5462F #2FAEC5

analogous

#C52F63 #C5462F #C5912F

triadic

#C5462F #2FC546 #462FC5

tetradic

#C5462F #63C52F #2FAEC5 #912FC5

square

#C5462F #63C52F #2FAEC5 #912FC5

split-complementary

#C5462F #2FC591 #2F63C5

monochromatic

#622317 #943423 #C5462F #D86D5A #E3998B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#C5462F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#C5462F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5462F

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5462F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5462F	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D92441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5462f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 70, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.167 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7f69',
    500: '#c5462f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5462f;
$custom-light: #df7f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5462f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.2,
    "s": 61.475,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56687,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5462F

secondary

#82C2CD

accent

#CCE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5462F

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

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