#C8473D#C8473D

#C8473D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8473D
RGB	rgb(200, 71, 61)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 50.68, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 60.86, 33.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1469 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.166 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9178, 17.1266, 6.3023)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8473D #3DBEC8

analogous

#C83D78 #C8473D #C88C3D

triadic

#C8473D #3DC847 #473DC8

tetradic

#C8473D #78C83D #3DBEC8 #8C3DC8

square

#C8473D #78C83D #3DBEC8 #8C3DC8

split-complementary

#C8473D #3DC88C #3D78C8

monochromatic

#6C241F #9C342C #C8473D #D6746D #E3A19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C8473D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C8473D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8473D

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8473D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8473D	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)

#6A613B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8473d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 71, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08073',
    500: '#c8473d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8473d;
$custom-light: #e08073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8473d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57475,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8473D

secondary

#92CBCF

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8473D

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

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