#C6493C#C6493C

#C6493C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.162 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6493C
RGB	rgb(198, 73, 60)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 69.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 49.07, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 59.78, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1419 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.162 29)
XYZ	xyz(26.4896, 17.1008, 6.1800)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6493C #3CB9C6

analogous

#C63C74 #C6493C #C68E3C

triadic

#C6493C #3CC649 #493CC6

tetradic

#C6493C #74C63C #3CB9C6 #8E3CC6

square

#C6493C #74C63C #3CB9C6 #8E3CC6

split-complementary

#C6493C #3CC68E #3C74C6

monochromatic

#69261F #98372D #C6493C #D4756B #E2A19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C6493C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C6493C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6493C

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6493C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6493C	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D92B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6493c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 73, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.162 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8172',
    500: '#c6493c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6493c;
$custom-light: #df8172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6493c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.652,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57382,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.17097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6493C

secondary

#90C8CE

accent

#D0DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6493C

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

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