#C8473B#C8473B

#C8473B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.167 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8473B
RGB	rgb(200, 71, 59)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 50.58, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 61.40, 34.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1462 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.167 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8649, 17.1054, 6.0239)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8473B #3BBCC8

analogous

#C83B76 #C8473B #C88D3B

triadic

#C8473B #3BC847 #473BC8

tetradic

#C8473B #76C83B #3BBCC8 #8D3BC8

square

#C8473B #76C83B #3BBCC8 #8D3BC8

split-complementary

#C8473B #3BC88D #3B76C8

monochromatic

#6B241E #9A352B #C8473B #D5746B #E3A19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C8473B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C8473B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8473B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8473B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8473B	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8473b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 71, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.167 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08071',
    500: '#c8473b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8473b;
$custom-light: #e08071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8473b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57447,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8473B

secondary

#90C9CF

accent

#D3DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8473B

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

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