#C8473E#C8473E

#C8473E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.166 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8473E
RGB	rgb(200, 71, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, 50.73, 33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 60.60, 33.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1473 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.166 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9450, 17.1374, 6.4455)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8473E #3EBFC8

analogous

#C83E7A #C8473E #C88C3E

triadic

#C8473E #3EC847 #473EC8

tetradic

#C8473E #7AC83E #3EBFC8 #8C3EC8

square

#C8473E #7AC83E #3EBFC8 #8C3EC8

split-complementary

#C8473E #3EC88C #3E7AC8

monochromatic

#6D241F #9C342D #C8473E #D6746E #E3A29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#C8473E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#C8473E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8473E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8473E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8473E	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8473e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 71, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.166 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08073',
    500: '#c8473e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8473e;
$custom-light: #e08073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8473e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.913,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5749,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8473E

secondary

#92CBCF

accent

#D5DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8473E

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

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