#C5493B#C5493B

#C5493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.161 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5493B
RGB	rgb(197, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 48.67, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 59.64, 35.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1405 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.161 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2006, 16.9548, 6.0298)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5493B #3BB7C5

analogous

#C53B72 #C5493B #C58E3B

triadic

#C5493B #3BC549 #493BC5

tetradic

#C5493B #72C53B #3BB7C5 #8E3BC5

square

#C5493B #72C53B #3BB7C5 #8E3BC5

split-complementary

#C5493B #3BC58E #3B72C5

monochromatic

#67261F #96372C #C5493B #D3756A #E1A199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C5493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C5493B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5493B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5493B	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.161 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8171',
    500: '#c5493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5493b;
$custom-light: #de8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.087,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57207,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5493B

secondary

#8FC6CD

accent

#CFDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5493B

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

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