#C4483F#C4483F

#C4483F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.160 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4483F
RGB	rgb(196, 72, 63)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 48.98, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 58.39, 32.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1424 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.16 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9822, 16.7330, 6.5633)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4483F #3FBBC4

analogous

#C43F78 #C4483F #C48A3F

triadic

#C4483F #3FC448 #483FC4

tetradic

#C4483F #78C43F #3FBBC4 #8A3FC4

square

#C4483F #78C43F #3FBBC4 #8A3FC4

split-complementary

#C4483F #3FC48A #3F78C4

monochromatic

#682520 #97362E #C4483F #D2756E #E1A19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#C4483F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#C4483F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4483F

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4483F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4483F	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69613D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4483f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 72, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.160 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8174',
    500: '#c4483f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4483f;
$custom-light: #dd8174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4483f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.06,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56981,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4483F

secondary

#92C9CD

accent

#D3DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4483F

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

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