#C4494D#C4494D

#C4494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.158 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4494D
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 60.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 49.40, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 54.94, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1464 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.158 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4895, 17.0402, 8.9139)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4494D #49C4C0

analogous

#C4498A #C4494D #C48349

triadic

#C4494D #4DC449 #494DC4

tetradic

#C4494D #8AC449 #49C4C0 #8349C4

square

#C4494D #8AC449 #49C4C0 #8349C4

split-complementary

#C4494D #49C483 #498AC4

monochromatic

#6F2426 #9D3336 #C4494D #D3777A #E2A5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#C4494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C4494D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4494D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4494D	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68624C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.158 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc817e',
    500: '#c4494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4494d;
$custom-light: #dc817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.049,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57345,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4494D

secondary

#9ACFCD

accent

#DBD64D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4494D

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

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