#C65E40#C65E40

#C65E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.140 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65E40
RGB	rgb(198, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 39.29, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 53.61, 42.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1122 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.14 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2194, 20.3848, 7.2981)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65E40 #40A8C6

analogous

#C64065 #C65E40 #C6A140

triadic

#C65E40 #40C65E #5E40C6

tetradic

#C65E40 #65C640 #40A8C6 #A140C6

square

#C65E40 #65C640 #40A8C6 #A140C6

split-complementary

#C65E40 #40C6A1 #4065C6

monochromatic

#6C3120 #9B462E #C65E40 #D4866F #E2AD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C65E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C65E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65E40

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65E40	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.140 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e76',
    500: '#c65e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65e40;
$custom-light: #dd8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.433,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60336,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65E40

secondary

#93C1CE

accent

#BCDD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65E40

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

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