#C6495E#C6495E

#C6495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.159 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6495E
RGB	rgb(198, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(350, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 52.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 51.37, 14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 53.45, 16.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.155 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.159 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6940, 17.5825, 12.5229)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6495E #49C6B1

analogous

#C6499C #C6495E #C67249

triadic

#C6495E #5EC649 #495EC6

tetradic

#C6495E #9CC649 #49C6B1 #7249C6

square

#C6495E #9CC649 #49C6B1 #7249C6

split-complementary

#C6495E #49C672 #499CC6

monochromatic

#712330 #A03244 #C6495E #D57887 #E3A6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C6495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C6495E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C6495E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C6495E	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.159 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd828b',
    500: '#c6495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6495e;
$custom-light: #dd828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.92,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58025,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6495E

secondary

#9AD0C7

accent

#DCC44C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6495E

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

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