#C5494E#C5494E

#C5494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.159 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5494E
RGB	rgb(197, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 49.81, 23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 55.17, 25.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1477 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.159 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7862, 17.1890, 9.1135)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5494E #49C5C0

analogous

#C5498C #C5494E #C58249

triadic

#C5494E #4EC549 #494EC5

tetradic

#C5494E #8CC549 #49C5C0 #8249C5

square

#C5494E #8CC549 #49C5C0 #8249C5

split-complementary

#C5494E #49C582 #498CC5

monochromatic

#702427 #9E3237 #C5494E #D4777B #E3A6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C5494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C5494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5494E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5494E	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7304C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.159 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd827f',
    500: '#c5494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5494e;
$custom-light: #dd827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.581,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57523,
    "c": 0.15851,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5494E

secondary

#9AD0CE

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5494E

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

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