#C5485B#C5485B

#C5485B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.159 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5485B
RGB	rgb(197, 72, 91)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(351, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 53.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 51.22, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 53.67, 17.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1542 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.159 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2340, 17.2639, 11.7936)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5485B #48C5B2

analogous

#C54899 #C5485B #C57348

triadic

#C5485B #5BC548 #485BC5

tetradic

#C5485B #99C548 #48C5B2 #7348C5

square

#C5485B #99C548 #48C5B2 #7348C5

split-complementary

#C5485B #48C573 #4899C5

monochromatic

#6F232F #9E3242 #C5485B #D47685 #E2A5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C5485B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C5485B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5485B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5485B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5485B	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)

#867D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5485b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 72, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.159 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8189',
    500: '#c5485b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5485b;
$custom-light: #dc8189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5485b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.88,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57676,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5485B

secondary

#99CFC7

accent

#DBC64C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5485B

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

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