#C4485A#C4485A

#C4485A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.158 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4485A
RGB	rgb(196, 72, 90)
HSL	hsl(351, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(351, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 54.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 50.81, 16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 53.37, 17.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1529 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.158 15)
XYZ	xyz(26.9301, 17.1121, 11.5557)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4485A #48C4B2

analogous

#C44898 #C4485A #C47448

triadic

#C4485A #5AC448 #485AC4

tetradic

#C4485A #98C448 #48C4B2 #7448C4

square

#C4485A #98C448 #48C4B2 #7448C4

split-complementary

#C4485A #48C474 #4898C4

monochromatic

#6E232E #9C3242 #C4485A #D37684 #E2A5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C4485A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C4485A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4485A

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4485A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4485A	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65635A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6324F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4485a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 72, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.158 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8188',
    500: '#c4485a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4485a;
$custom-light: #dc8188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4485a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.29,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57495,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.17109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4485A

secondary

#99CFC7

accent

#DBC64D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4485A

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

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