#C3472A#C3472A

#C3472A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.165 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3472A
RGB	rgb(195, 71, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 48.11, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 64.32, 41.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1357 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.165 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1796, 16.2794, 4.0064)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3472A #2AA6C3

analogous

#C32A59 #C3472A #C3942A

triadic

#C3472A #2AC347 #472AC3

tetradic

#C3472A #59C32A #2AA6C3 #942AC3

square

#C3472A #59C32A #2AA6C3 #942AC3

split-complementary

#C3472A #2AC394 #2A59C3

monochromatic

#5E2214 #91351F #C3472A #D96B51 #E49683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#C3472A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C3472A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3472A

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3472A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3472A	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3472a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 71, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.165 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8066',
    500: '#c3472a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3472a;
$custom-light: #de8066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3472a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.373,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56431,
    "c": 0.16462,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3472A

secondary

#7BBECD

accent

#C8E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3472A

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

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