#C56142#C56142

#C56142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.136 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56142
RGB	rgb(197, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 37.50, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 51.90, 43.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.1072 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.136 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2865, 20.8164, 7.6816)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56142 #42A6C5

analogous

#C54265 #C56142 #C5A242

triadic

#C56142 #42C561 #6142C5

tetradic

#C56142 #65C542 #42A6C5 #A242C5

square

#C56142 #65C542 #42A6C5 #A242C5

split-complementary

#C56142 #42C5A2 #4265C5

monochromatic

#6C3321 #9A492F #C56142 #D38871 #E2AFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#C56142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#C56142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56142

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56142	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.136 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9077',
    500: '#c56142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56142;
$custom-light: #dc9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.198,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60679,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56142

secondary

#95C1CE

accent

#BADC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56142

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

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