#C8473C#C8473C

#C8473C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8473C
RGB	rgb(200, 71, 60)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 50.63, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 61.13, 34.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1465 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.166 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8911, 17.1159, 6.1618)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8473C #3CBDC8

analogous

#C83C77 #C8473C #C88D3C

triadic

#C8473C #3CC847 #473CC8

tetradic

#C8473C #77C83C #3CBDC8 #8D3CC8

square

#C8473C #77C83C #3CBDC8 #8D3CC8

split-complementary

#C8473C #3CC88D #3C77C8

monochromatic

#6B241E #9B342C #C8473C #D5746C #E3A19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C8473C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C8473C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8473C

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8473C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8473C	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)

#6A613A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8473c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 71, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08072',
    500: '#c8473c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8473c;
$custom-light: #e08072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8473c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57461,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8473C

secondary

#91CACF

accent

#D3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8473C

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

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