#C4493C#C4493C

#C4493C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.160 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4493C
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 60)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 48.37, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 58.93, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1399 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.16 29)
XYZ	xyz(25.9658, 16.8307, 6.1554)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4493C #3CB7C4

analogous

#C43C73 #C4493C #C48D3C

triadic

#C4493C #3CC449 #493CC4

tetradic

#C4493C #73C43C #3CB7C4 #8D3CC4

square

#C4493C #73C43C #3CB7C4 #8D3CC4

split-complementary

#C4493C #3CC48D #3C73C4

monochromatic

#67261F #96372D #C4493C #D2756B #E0A19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C4493C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C4493C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4493C

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4493C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4493C	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4493c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.160 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8172',
    500: '#c4493c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4493c;
$custom-light: #dd8172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4493c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.735,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57061,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.16827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4493C

secondary

#90C6CC

accent

#CFDD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4493C

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

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