#C4453B#C4453B

#C4453B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.164 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4453B
RGB	rgb(196, 69, 59)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 50.07, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 60.22, 33.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.145 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.164 28)
XYZ	xyz(25.6852, 16.3114, 5.9327)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4453B #3BBAC4

analogous

#C43B75 #C4453B #C48A3B

triadic

#C4453B #3BC445 #453BC4

tetradic

#C4453B #75C43B #3BBAC4 #8A3BC4

square

#C4453B #75C43B #3BBAC4 #8A3BC4

split-complementary

#C4453B #3BC48A #3B75C4

monochromatic

#66241F #95342D #C4453B #D2726A #E09E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#C4453B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#C4453B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4453B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4453B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4453B	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)

#685F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4453b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 69, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.164 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7f71',
    500: '#c4453b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4453b;
$custom-light: #dd7f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4453b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.38,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56556,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.16308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4453B

secondary

#8FC8CC

accent

#D2DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4453B

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

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