#C4504E#C4504E

#C4504E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.149 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4504E
RGB	rgb(196, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 46.28, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 52.61, 28.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1367 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.149 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0112, 18.0266, 9.2633)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4504E #4EC2C4

analogous

#C44E87 #C4504E #C48B4E

triadic

#C4504E #4EC450 #504EC4

tetradic

#C4504E #87C44E #4EC2C4 #8B4EC4

square

#C4504E #87C44E #4EC2C4 #8B4EC4

split-complementary

#C4504E #4EC48B #4E87C4

monochromatic

#722726 #A03735 #C4504E #D37D7C #E3ABAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C4504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C4504E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4504E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4504E	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.149 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc857f',
    500: '#c4504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4504e;
$custom-light: #dc857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.017,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58266,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4504E

secondary

#9ECFD0

accent

#D7DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4504E

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

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