#C8453D#C8453D

#C8453D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.168 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8453D
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 61)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 51.53, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 61.37, 32.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1496 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.168 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7927, 16.8763, 6.2606)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8453D #3DC0C8

analogous

#C83D7A #C8453D #C88A3D

triadic

#C8453D #3DC845 #453DC8

tetradic

#C8453D #7AC83D #3DC0C8 #8A3DC8

square

#C8453D #7AC83D #3DC0C8 #8A3DC8

split-complementary

#C8453D #3DC88A #3D7AC8

monochromatic

#6C231F #9C332C #C8453D #D6736D #E3A09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C8453D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#C8453D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8453D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8453D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8453D	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)

#69603B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8453d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.168 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f73',
    500: '#c8453d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8453d;
$custom-light: #e07f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8453d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.453,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57238,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8453D

secondary

#92CCCF

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8453D

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

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