#C5495C#C5495C

#C5495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.158 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5495C
RGB	rgb(197, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(351, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 53.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 50.87, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 53.23, 17.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1532 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.158 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3426, 17.4116, 12.0441)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5495C #49C5B2

analogous

#C5499A #C5495C #C57449

triadic

#C5495C #5CC549 #495CC5

tetradic

#C5495C #9AC549 #49C5B2 #7449C5

square

#C5495C #9AC549 #49C5B2 #7449C5

split-complementary

#C5495C #49C574 #499AC5

monochromatic

#70242F #9E3243 #C5495C #D47786 #E3A6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C5495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C5495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5495C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5495C	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.158 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc828a',
    500: '#c5495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5495c;
$custom-light: #dc828a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.806,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57821,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5495C

secondary

#9AD0C7

accent

#DBC54D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5495C

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

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