#C4473F#C4473F

#C4473F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.161 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4473F
RGB	rgb(196, 71, 63)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 49.41, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 58.65, 32.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1438 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.161 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9180, 16.6047, 6.5419)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4473F #3FBCC4

analogous

#C43F79 #C4473F #C4893F

triadic

#C4473F #3FC447 #473FC4

tetradic

#C4473F #79C43F #3FBCC4 #893FC4

square

#C4473F #79C43F #3FBCC4 #893FC4

split-complementary

#C4473F #3FC489 #3F79C4

monochromatic

#682420 #97352E #C4473F #D2746E #E1A19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#C4473F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#C4473F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4473F

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4473F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4473F	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)

#69603D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4473f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 71, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.161 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8074',
    500: '#c4473f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4473f;
$custom-light: #dd8074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4473f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.609,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56858,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4473F

secondary

#92C9CD

accent

#D4DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4473F

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

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