#C5493A#C5493A

#C5493A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.161 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5493A
RGB	rgb(197, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 48.62, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 59.92, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1402 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.161 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1749, 16.9445, 5.8945)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5493A #3AB6C5

analogous

#C53A70 #C5493A #C58F3A

triadic

#C5493A #3AC549 #493AC5

tetradic

#C5493A #70C53A #3AB6C5 #8F3AC5

square

#C5493A #70C53A #3AB6C5 #8F3AC5

split-complementary

#C5493A #3AC58F #3A70C5

monochromatic

#66261E #96372C #C5493A #D37569 #E1A099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#C5493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C5493A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5493A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5493A	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.161 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8171',
    500: '#c5493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5493a;
$custom-light: #de8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.475,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57193,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5493A

secondary

#8EC6CD

accent

#CEDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5493A

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

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