#C5483B#C5483B

#C5483B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.162 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5483B
RGB	rgb(197, 72, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 49.11, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 59.89, 34.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1419 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.162 29)
XYZ	xyz(26.1355, 16.8245, 6.0081)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5483B #3BB8C5

analogous

#C53B73 #C5483B #C58D3B

triadic

#C5483B #3BC548 #483BC5

tetradic

#C5483B #73C53B #3BB8C5 #8D3BC5

square

#C5483B #73C53B #3BB8C5 #8D3BC5

split-complementary

#C5483B #3BC58D #3B73C5

monochromatic

#67251F #96362C #C5483B #D3746A #E1A099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C5483B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C5483B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5483B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5483B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5483B	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5483b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 72, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.162 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8171',
    500: '#c5483b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5483b;
$custom-light: #de8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5483b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.652,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57083,
    "c": 0.16228,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5483B

secondary

#8FC7CD

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5483B

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

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