#C5483E#C5483E

#C5483E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.162 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5483E
RGB	rgb(197, 72, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 49.27, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 59.08, 33.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.143 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.162 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2155, 16.8565, 6.4297)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5483E #3EBBC5

analogous

#C53E78 #C5483E #C58B3E

triadic

#C5483E #3EC548 #483EC5

tetradic

#C5483E #78C53E #3EBBC5 #8B3EC5

square

#C5483E #78C53E #3EBBC5 #8B3EC5

split-complementary

#C5483E #3EC58B #3E78C5

monochromatic

#692520 #98362E #C5483E #D3756D #E1A19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C5483E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C5483E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5483E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5483E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5483E	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5483e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 72, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.162 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8173',
    500: '#c5483e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5483e;
$custom-light: #de8173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5483e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57127,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5483E

secondary

#91C9CD

accent

#D2DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5483E

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

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