#C8453F#C8453F

#C8453F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.168 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8453F
RGB	rgb(200, 69, 63)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 51.63, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 60.86, 31.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1503 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.168 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8475, 16.8983, 6.5496)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8453F #3FC2C8

analogous

#C83F7E #C8453F #C88A3F

triadic

#C8453F #3FC845 #453FC8

tetradic

#C8453F #7EC83F #3FC2C8 #8A3FC8

square

#C8453F #7EC83F #3FC2C8 #8A3FC8

split-complementary

#C8453F #3FC88A #3F7EC8

monochromatic

#6D231F #9D322D #C8453F #D6736F #E3A19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#C8453F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#C8453F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8453F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8453F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8453F	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)

#69603D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8453f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 69, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.168 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07f74',
    500: '#c8453f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8453f;
$custom-light: #e07f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8453f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.628,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57268,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8453F

secondary

#93CDD0

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8453F

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

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