#C4493A#C4493A

#C4493A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.160 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4493A
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(7, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 48.27, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 59.49, 35.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.1392 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.16 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9139, 16.8099, 5.8823)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4493A #3AB5C4

analogous

#C43A70 #C4493A #C48E3A

triadic

#C4493A #3AC449 #493AC4

tetradic

#C4493A #70C43A #3AB5C4 #8E3AC4

square

#C4493A #70C43A #3AB5C4 #8E3AC4

split-complementary

#C4493A #3AC48E #3A70C4

monochromatic

#66261E #95372C #C4493A #D37469 #E0A098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C4493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C4493A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4493A

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4493A	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.160 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8171',
    500: '#c4493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4493a;
$custom-light: #dd8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.522,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57033,
    "c": 0.16039,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4493A

secondary

#8EC5CC

accent

#CEDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4493A

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

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