#C8453B#C8453B

#C8453B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.168 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8453B
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 59)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 51.43, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 61.90, 33.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1488 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.168 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7398, 16.8552, 5.9822)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8453B #3BBEC8

analogous

#C83B77 #C8453B #C88B3B

triadic

#C8453B #3BC845 #453BC8

tetradic

#C8453B #77C83B #3BBEC8 #8B3BC8

square

#C8453B #77C83B #3BBEC8 #8B3BC8

split-complementary

#C8453B #3BC88B #3B77C8

monochromatic

#6B231E #9A332B #C8453B #D5726B #E3A09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#C8453B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C8453B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8453B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8453B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8453B	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)

#696039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8453b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.168 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f71',
    500: '#c8453b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8453b;
$custom-light: #e07f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8453b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.255,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5721,
    "c": 0.16849,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8453B

secondary

#90CACF

accent

#D5DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8453B

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

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