#C4495B#C4495B

#C4495B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.157 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4495B
RGB	rgb(196, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(351, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(351, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 53.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 50.45, 15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 52.93, 17.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1519 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.157 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0381, 17.2596, 11.8031)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4495B #49C4B2

analogous

#C44998 #C4495B #C47549

triadic

#C4495B #5BC449 #495BC4

tetradic

#C4495B #98C449 #49C4B2 #7549C4

square

#C4495B #98C449 #49C4B2 #7549C4

split-complementary

#C4495B #49C475 #4998C4

monochromatic

#6F242F #9D3342 #C4495B #D37785 #E2A5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C4495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C4495B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C4495B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C4495B	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)

#66635B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.157 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8289',
    500: '#c4495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4495b;
$custom-light: #db8289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.22,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5764,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4495B

secondary

#9ACFC7

accent

#DBC64D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4495B

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

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