#C4494A#C4494A

#C4494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.158 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4494A
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(360, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(360, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 62.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 49.20, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 55.53, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1452 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.158 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3861, 16.9988, 8.3689)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4494A #49C4C3

analogous

#C44988 #C4494A #C48549

triadic

#C4494A #4AC449 #494AC4

tetradic

#C4494A #88C449 #49C4C3 #8549C4

square

#C4494A #88C449 #49C4C3 #8549C4

split-complementary

#C4494A #49C485 #4988C4

monochromatic

#6F2424 #9D3334 #C4494A #D37778 #E2A5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C4494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#C4494A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4494A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4494A	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.158 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc817c',
    500: '#c4494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4494a;
$custom-light: #dc817c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.512,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57289,
    "c": 0.1578,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4494A

secondary

#9ACFCF

accent

#DBD94D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4494A

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

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