#C65A42#C65A42

#C65A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.144 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65A42
RGB	rgb(198, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, 41.41, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 53.88, 39.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1192 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.144 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9308, 19.7149, 7.4877)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65A42 #42AEC6

analogous

#C6426C #C65A42 #C69C42

triadic

#C65A42 #42C65A #5A42C6

tetradic

#C65A42 #6CC642 #42AEC6 #9C42C6

square

#C65A42 #6CC642 #42AEC6 #9C42C6

split-complementary

#C65A42 #42C69C #426CC6

monochromatic

#6D2F21 #9C432F #C65A42 #D48371 #E2ACA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#C65A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#C65A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65A42

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65A42	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.144 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b77',
    500: '#c65a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65a42;
$custom-light: #de8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5977,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65A42

secondary

#95C4CF

accent

#C2DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65A42

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

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