#C8453A#C8453A

#C8453A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.169 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8453A
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 58)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 51.38, 35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 62.17, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.1485 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.169 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7141, 16.8449, 5.8469)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8453A #3ABDC8

analogous

#C83A76 #C8453A #C88C3A

triadic

#C8453A #3AC845 #453AC8

tetradic

#C8453A #76C83A #3ABDC8 #8C3AC8

square

#C8453A #76C83A #3ABDC8 #8C3AC8

split-complementary

#C8453A #3AC88C #3A76C8

monochromatic

#6A241E #9A342B #C8453A #D5726A #E39F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C8453A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C8453A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8453A

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8453A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8453A	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8453a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.169 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17f71',
    500: '#c8453a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8453a;
$custom-light: #e17f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8453a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.648,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57196,
    "c": 0.16866,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8453A

secondary

#8FCACE

accent

#D4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8453A

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

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