#C8453E#C8453E

#C8453E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.168 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8453E
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 62)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 51.58, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 61.11, 32.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1499 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.168 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8199, 16.8872, 6.4038)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8453E #3EC1C8

analogous

#C83E7C #C8453E #C88A3E

triadic

#C8453E #3EC845 #453EC8

tetradic

#C8453E #7CC83E #3EC1C8 #8A3EC8

square

#C8453E #7CC83E #3EC1C8 #8A3EC8

split-complementary

#C8453E #3EC88A #3E7CC8

monochromatic

#6D231F #9C322D #C8453E #D6736E #E3A19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C8453E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C8453E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8453E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8453E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8453E	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8453e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.168 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f73',
    500: '#c8453e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8453e;
$custom-light: #e07f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8453e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.043,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57253,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8453E

secondary

#92CCCF

accent

#D7DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8453E

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

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