#C5494D#C5494D

#C5494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.159 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5494D
RGB	rgb(197, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 49.74, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 55.35, 26.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1473 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.159 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7506, 17.1748, 8.9262)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5494D #49C5C1

analogous

#C5498B #C5494D #C58349

triadic

#C5494D #4DC549 #494DC5

tetradic

#C5494D #8BC549 #49C5C1 #8349C5

square

#C5494D #8BC549 #49C5C1 #8349C5

split-complementary

#C5494D #49C583 #498BC5

monochromatic

#702426 #9E3236 #C5494D #D4777A #E3A6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C5494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C5494D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5494D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5494D	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.159 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd827e',
    500: '#c5494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5494d;
$custom-light: #dd827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57504,
    "c": 0.15859,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5494D

secondary

#9AD0CE

accent

#DBD74D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5494D

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

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