#C15949#C15949

#C15949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.137 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C15949
RGB	rgb(193, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 40.47, 29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 49.94, 35.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.118 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.137 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7696, 18.9665, 8.5532)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C15949 #49B1C1

analogous

#C14975 #C15949 #C19549

triadic

#C15949 #49C159 #5949C1

tetradic

#C15949 #75C149 #49B1C1 #9549C1

square

#C15949 #75C149 #49B1C1 #9549C1

split-complementary

#C15949 #49C195 #4975C1

monochromatic

#6B2E24 #994134 #C15949 #D18377 #E0ACA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C15949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C15949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C15949

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C15949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C15949	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c15949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.137 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98b7c',
    500: '#c15949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c15949;
$custom-light: #d98b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c15949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58993,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C15949

secondary

#99C6CD

accent

#C6D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C15949

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

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