#C8453C#C8453C

#C8453C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.168 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8453C
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 60)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 51.48, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 61.63, 33.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1492 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.168 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7660, 16.8657, 6.1201)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8453C #3CBFC8

analogous

#C83C79 #C8453C #C88B3C

triadic

#C8453C #3CC845 #453CC8

tetradic

#C8453C #79C83C #3CBFC8 #8B3CC8

square

#C8453C #79C83C #3CBFC8 #8B3CC8

split-complementary

#C8453C #3CC88B #3C79C8

monochromatic

#6B231E #9B332C #C8453C #D5736C #E3A09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C8453C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C8453C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8453C

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8453C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8453C	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8453c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.168 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f72',
    500: '#c8453c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8453c;
$custom-light: #e07f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8453c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57224,
    "c": 0.16832,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8453C

secondary

#91CBCF

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8453C

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

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