#C4493E#C4493E

#C4493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.160 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4493E
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 48.48, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 58.39, 33.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.1406 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.16 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0196, 16.8522, 6.4392)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4493E #3EB9C4

analogous

#C43E76 #C4493E #C48C3E

triadic

#C4493E #3EC449 #493EC4

tetradic

#C4493E #76C43E #3EB9C4 #8C3EC4

square

#C4493E #76C43E #3EB9C4 #8C3EC4

split-complementary

#C4493E #3EC48C #3E76C4

monochromatic

#682620 #97372E #C4493E #D2756D #E1A19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C4493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C4493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4493E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4493E	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)

#6A613C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.160 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8173',
    500: '#c4493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4493e;
$custom-light: #dd8173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.925,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5709,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4493E

secondary

#91C8CD

accent

#D1DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4493E

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

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