#C4473A#C4473A

#C4473A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.162 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4473A
RGB	rgb(196, 71, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 49.15, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 59.99, 34.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.142 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.162 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7846, 16.5513, 5.8392)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4473A #3AB7C4

analogous

#C43A72 #C4473A #C48C3A

triadic

#C4473A #3AC447 #473AC4

tetradic

#C4473A #72C43A #3AB7C4 #8C3AC4

square

#C4473A #72C43A #3AB7C4 #8C3AC4

split-complementary

#C4473A #3AC48C #3A72C4

monochromatic

#66251E #95362C #C4473A #D37369 #E09F98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C4473A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#C4473A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4473A

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4473A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4473A	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4473a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 71, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.162 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8071',
    500: '#c4473a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4473a;
$custom-light: #dd8071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4473a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.652,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56784,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4473A

secondary

#8EC6CC

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4473A

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

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