#C4494E#C4494E

#C4494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.157 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4494E
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 49.47, 23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 54.75, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1468 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.157 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5251, 17.0544, 9.1013)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4494E #49C4BF

analogous

#C4498B #C4494E #C48149

triadic

#C4494E #4EC449 #494EC4

tetradic

#C4494E #8BC449 #49C4BF #8149C4

square

#C4494E #8BC449 #49C4BF #8149C4

split-complementary

#C4494E #49C481 #498BC4

monochromatic

#6F2427 #9D3337 #C4494E #D3777B #E2A5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#C4494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C4494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4494E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4494E	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)

#68624D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6304C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.157 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc817f',
    500: '#c4494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4494e;
$custom-light: #dc817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.561,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57364,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4494E

secondary

#9ACFCD

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4494E

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

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