#C3482A#C3482A

#C3482A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.164 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3482A
RGB	rgb(195, 72, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 47.67, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 64.10, 41.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1344 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.164 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2437, 16.4076, 4.0278)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3482A #2AA5C3

analogous

#C32A59 #C3482A #C3952A

triadic

#C3482A #2AC348 #482AC3

tetradic

#C3482A #59C32A #2AA5C3 #952AC3

square

#C3482A #59C32A #2AA5C3 #952AC3

split-complementary

#C3482A #2AC395 #2A59C3

monochromatic

#5E2314 #91351F #C3482A #D96C51 #E49683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#C3482A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#C3482A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3482A

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3482A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3482A	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3482a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 72, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.164 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8066',
    500: '#c3482a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3482a;
$custom-light: #dd8066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3482a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.765,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56556,
    "c": 0.16371,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3482A

secondary

#7BBDCD

accent

#C7E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3482A

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

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