#C4473E#C4473E

#C4473E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.162 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4473E
RGB	rgb(196, 71, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 49.36, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 58.91, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1434 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.162 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8904, 16.5936, 6.3961)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4473E #3EBBC4

analogous

#C43E78 #C4473E #C48A3E

triadic

#C4473E #3EC447 #473EC4

tetradic

#C4473E #78C43E #3EBBC4 #8A3EC4

square

#C4473E #78C43E #3EBBC4 #8A3EC4

split-complementary

#C4473E #3EC48A #3E78C4

monochromatic

#682520 #97352E #C4473E #D2746D #E1A09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C4473E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C4473E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4473E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4473E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4473E	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4473e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 71, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.162 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8073',
    500: '#c4473e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4473e;
$custom-light: #dd8073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4473e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.03,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56842,
    "c": 0.16165,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4473E

secondary

#91C9CD

accent

#D3DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4473E

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

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