#C56243#C56243

#C56243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.135 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56243
RGB	rgb(197, 98, 67)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 37.04, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 51.37, 43.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1059 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.135 38)
XYZ	xyz(28.4093, 21.0143, 7.8692)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56243 #43A6C5

analogous

#C54365 #C56243 #C5A343

triadic

#C56243 #43C562 #6243C5

tetradic

#C56243 #65C543 #43A6C5 #A343C5

square

#C56243 #65C543 #43A6C5 #A343C5

split-complementary

#C56243 #43C5A3 #4365C5

monochromatic

#6C3321 #9B4930 #C56243 #D38972 #E2B0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C56243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C56243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56243

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56243	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 98, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.135 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9178',
    500: '#c56243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56243;
$custom-light: #dc9178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60848,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.21011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56243

secondary

#95C1CE

accent

#BADC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56243

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

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