#C3472D#C3472D

#C3472D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.164 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3472D
RGB	rgb(195, 71, 45)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 76.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 48.22, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 63.39, 40.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1366 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.164 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2353, 16.3017, 4.2998)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3472D #2DA9C3

analogous

#C32D5E #C3472D #C3922D

triadic

#C3472D #2DC347 #472DC3

tetradic

#C3472D #5EC32D #2DA9C3 #922DC3

square

#C3472D #5EC32D #2DA9C3 #922DC3

split-complementary

#C3472D #2DC392 #2D5EC3

monochromatic

#602316 #913522 #C3472D #D86C55 #E39787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C3472D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C3472D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3472D

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3472D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3472D	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3472d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 71, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.164 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8068',
    500: '#c3472d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3472d;
$custom-light: #dd8068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3472d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.4,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56462,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3472D

secondary

#7FBFCD

accent

#C9E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3472D

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

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