#C3493B#C3493B

#C3493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.159 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3493B
RGB	rgb(195, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 47.97, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 58.78, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1386 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.159 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6803, 16.6865, 6.0054)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3493B #3BB5C3

analogous

#C33B71 #C3493B #C38D3B

triadic

#C3493B #3BC349 #493BC3

tetradic

#C3493B #71C33B #3BB5C3 #8D3BC3

square

#C3493B #71C33B #3BB5C3 #8D3BC3

split-complementary

#C3493B #3BC38D #3B71C3

monochromatic

#65261F #94372D #C3493B #D27469 #E0A098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C3493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C3493B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3493B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3493B	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.159 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8171',
    500: '#c3493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3493b;
$custom-light: #dc8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.176,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56886,
    "c": 0.15909,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3493B

secondary

#8EC5CC

accent

#CEDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3493B

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

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