#C56042#C56042

#C56042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.137 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56042
RGB	rgb(197, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 38.01, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 52.11, 43.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.1087 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.137 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1947, 20.6328, 7.6510)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56042 #42A7C5

analogous

#C54266 #C56042 #C5A142

triadic

#C56042 #42C560 #6042C5

tetradic

#C56042 #66C542 #42A7C5 #A142C5

square

#C56042 #66C542 #42A7C5 #A142C5

split-complementary

#C56042 #42C5A1 #4266C5

monochromatic

#6C3221 #9A482F #C56042 #D38771 #E2AFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#C56042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#C56042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56042

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56042	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.137 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8f77',
    500: '#c56042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56042;
$custom-light: #dd8f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.74,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60524,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56042

secondary

#95C1CE

accent

#BBDC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56042

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

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