#C4483C#C4483C

#C4483C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.161 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4483C
RGB	rgb(196, 72, 60)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 48.82, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 59.19, 34.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1413 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.161 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9006, 16.7003, 6.1337)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4483C #3CB8C4

analogous

#C43C74 #C4483C #C48C3C

triadic

#C4483C #3CC448 #483CC4

tetradic

#C4483C #74C43C #3CB8C4 #8C3CC4

square

#C4483C #74C43C #3CB8C4 #8C3CC4

split-complementary

#C4483C #3CC48C #3C74C4

monochromatic

#67251F #96362D #C4483C #D2746B #E0A09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#C4483C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C4483C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4483C

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4483C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4483C	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4483c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 72, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.161 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8172',
    500: '#c4483c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4483c;
$custom-light: #dd8172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4483c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.294,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56936,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4483C

secondary

#90C7CC

accent

#D0DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4483C

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

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