#C4495A#C4495A

#C4495A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.157 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4495A
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 90)
HSL	hsl(352, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(352, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 54.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 50.37, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 53.03, 18.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1515 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.157 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9953, 17.2425, 11.5775)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4495A #49C4B3

analogous

#C44998 #C4495A #C47549

triadic

#C4495A #5AC449 #495AC4

tetradic

#C4495A #98C449 #49C4B3 #7549C4

square

#C4495A #98C449 #49C4B3 #7549C4

split-complementary

#C4495A #49C475 #4998C4

monochromatic

#6F242E #9D3342 #C4495A #D37784 #E2A5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C4495A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C4495A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4495A

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4495A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4495A	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66635A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4495a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.157 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8288',
    500: '#c4495a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4495a;
$custom-light: #db8288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4495a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.707,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57617,
    "c": 0.15707,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4495A

secondary

#9ACFC8

accent

#DBC74D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4495A

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

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