#C4473D#C4473D

#C4473D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.162 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4473D
RGB	rgb(196, 71, 61)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 49.31, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 59.17, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.143 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.162 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8632, 16.5828, 6.2529)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4473D #3DBAC4

analogous

#C43D77 #C4473D #C48A3D

triadic

#C4473D #3DC447 #473DC4

tetradic

#C4473D #77C43D #3DBAC4 #8A3DC4

square

#C4473D #77C43D #3DBAC4 #8A3DC4

split-complementary

#C4473D #3DC48A #3D77C4

monochromatic

#67251F #96352E #C4473D #D2746C #E1A09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#C4473D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C4473D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4473D

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4473D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4473D	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4473d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 71, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.162 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8073',
    500: '#c4473d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4473d;
$custom-light: #dd8073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4473d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56828,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4473D

secondary

#90C8CD

accent

#D2DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4473D

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

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