#C4483E#C4483E

#C4483E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.161 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4483E
RGB	rgb(196, 72, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 48.92, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 58.65, 33.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.142 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.161 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9545, 16.7219, 6.4174)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4483E #3EBAC4

analogous

#C43E77 #C4483E #C48B3E

triadic

#C4483E #3EC448 #483EC4

tetradic

#C4483E #77C43E #3EBAC4 #8B3EC4

square

#C4483E #77C43E #3EBAC4 #8B3EC4

split-complementary

#C4483E #3EC48B #3E77C4

monochromatic

#682520 #97362E #C4483E #D2746D #E1A19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C4483E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#C4483E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4483E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4483E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4483E	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4483e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 72, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.161 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8173',
    500: '#c4483e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4483e;
$custom-light: #dd8173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4483e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.478,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56966,
    "c": 0.16063,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4483E

secondary

#91C8CD

accent

#D2DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4483E

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

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