#C5493E#C5493E

#C5493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.161 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5493E
RGB	rgb(197, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 48.83, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 58.82, 33.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1416 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.161 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2807, 16.9868, 6.4514)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5493E #3EBAC5

analogous

#C53E76 #C5493E #C58C3E

triadic

#C5493E #3EC549 #493EC5

tetradic

#C5493E #76C53E #3EBAC5 #8C3EC5

square

#C5493E #76C53E #3EBAC5 #8C3EC5

split-complementary

#C5493E #3EC58C #3E76C5

monochromatic

#692620 #98362E #C5493E #D3756D #E1A29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C5493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#C5493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5493E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5493E	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.161 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8173',
    500: '#c5493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5493e;
$custom-light: #de8173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.889,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5725,
    "c": 0.16071,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5493E

secondary

#91C8CD

accent

#D1DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5493E

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

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