#C4493B#C4493B

#C4493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.160 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4493B
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 48.32, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 59.21, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1396 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.16 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9396, 16.8202, 6.0175)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4493B #3BB6C4

analogous

#C43B72 #C4493B #C48D3B

triadic

#C4493B #3BC449 #493BC4

tetradic

#C4493B #72C43B #3BB6C4 #8D3BC4

square

#C4493B #72C43B #3BB6C4 #8D3BC4

split-complementary

#C4493B #3BC48D #3B72C4

monochromatic

#66261F #95372D #C4493B #D2756A #E0A099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C4493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C4493B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4493B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4493B	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.160 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8171',
    500: '#c4493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4493b;
$custom-light: #dd8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.131,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57047,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4493B

secondary

#8FC6CC

accent

#CEDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4493B

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

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