#C8463B#C8463B

#C8463B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.168 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8463B
RGB	rgb(200, 70, 59)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 51.01, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 61.65, 34.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1475 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.168 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8018, 16.9793, 6.0028)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8463B #3BBDC8

analogous

#C83B76 #C8463B #C88C3B

triadic

#C8463B #3BC846 #463BC8

tetradic

#C8463B #76C83B #3BBDC8 #8C3BC8

square

#C8463B #76C83B #3BBDC8 #8C3BC8

split-complementary

#C8463B #3BC88C #3B76C8

monochromatic

#6B241E #9A342B #C8463B #D5736B #E3A09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#C8463B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#C8463B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8463B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8463B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8463B	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8463b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 70, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.168 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08071',
    500: '#c8463b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8463b;
$custom-light: #e08071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8463b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.681,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57327,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8463B

secondary

#90CACF

accent

#D4DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8463B

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

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