#C7494E#C7494E

#C7494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.161 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7494E
RGB	rgb(199, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 50.49, 24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 56.00, 25.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1497 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.161 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3135, 17.4609, 9.1383)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7494E #49C7C2

analogous

#C7498D #C7494E #C78349

triadic

#C7494E #4EC749 #494EC7

tetradic

#C7494E #8DC749 #49C7C2 #8349C7

square

#C7494E #8DC749 #49C7C2 #8349C7

split-complementary

#C7494E #49C783 #498DC7

monochromatic

#722326 #A13236 #C7494E #D5787C #E4A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C7494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#C7494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C7494E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C7494E	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)

#69634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.161 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de827f',
    500: '#c7494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7494e;
$custom-light: #de827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.619,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57841,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7494E

secondary

#9BD1CF

accent

#DCD74B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7494E

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

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