#C5495E#C5495E

#C5495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.158 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5495E
RGB	rgb(197, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(350, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 51.03, 14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 53.06, 15.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.154 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.158 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4312, 17.4470, 12.5106)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5495E #49C5B0

analogous

#C5499C #C5495E #C57249

triadic

#C5495E #5EC549 #495EC5

tetradic

#C5495E #9CC549 #49C5B0 #7249C5

square

#C5495E #9CC549 #49C5B0 #7249C5

split-complementary

#C5495E #49C572 #499CC5

monochromatic

#702431 #9E3245 #C5495E #D47787 #E3A6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C5495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C5495E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5495E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5495E	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.158 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc828b',
    500: '#c5495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5495e;
$custom-light: #dc828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.839,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57868,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5495E

secondary

#9AD0C7

accent

#DBC34D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5495E

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

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