#C4493F#C4493F

#C4493F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.159 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4493F
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 63)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 48.53, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 58.13, 33.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.141 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.159 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0473, 16.8633, 6.5850)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4493F #3FBAC4

analogous

#C43F77 #C4493F #C48B3F

triadic

#C4493F #3FC449 #493FC4

tetradic

#C4493F #77C43F #3FBAC4 #8B3FC4

square

#C4493F #77C43F #3FBAC4 #8B3FC4

split-complementary

#C4493F #3FC48B #3F77C4

monochromatic

#682620 #97362E #C4493F #D2756E #E1A29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C4493F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C4493F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4493F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4493F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4493F	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D72D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4493f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.159 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8174',
    500: '#c4493f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4493f;
$custom-light: #dd8174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4493f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.511,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57105,
    "c": 0.15943,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4493F

secondary

#92C8CD

accent

#D1DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4493F

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

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