#C8482B#C8482B

#C8482B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.169 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8482B
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 49.47, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 65.87, 41.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.1396 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.169 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5758, 17.0923, 4.1848)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8482B #2BABC8

analogous

#C82B5C #C8482B #C8972B

triadic

#C8482B #2BC848 #482BC8

tetradic

#C8482B #5CC82B #2BABC8 #972BC8

square

#C8482B #5CC82B #2BABC8 #972BC8

split-complementary

#C8482B #2BC897 #2B5CC8

monochromatic

#632415 #963620 #C8482B #DB6E56 #E59988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C8482B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C8482B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8482B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8482B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8482B	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)

#6C6127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8482b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.169 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18166',
    500: '#c8482b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8482b;
$custom-light: #e18166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8482b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.083,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57378,
    "c": 0.16878,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8482B

secondary

#80C0CF

accent

#C9E840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8482B

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

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