#C8482D#C8482D

#C8482D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.168 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8482D
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 45)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 49.54, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 65.26, 40.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1402 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.168 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6134, 17.1074, 4.3828)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8482D #2DADC8

analogous

#C82D5F #C8482D #C8962D

triadic

#C8482D #2DC848 #482DC8

tetradic

#C8482D #5FC82D #2DADC8 #962DC8

square

#C8482D #5FC82D #2DADC8 #962DC8

split-complementary

#C8482D #2DC896 #2D5FC8

monochromatic

#642417 #963622 #C8482D #DA6F59 #E59A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#C8482D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#C8482D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8482D

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8482D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8482D	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)

#6C6129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8482d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.168 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18168',
    500: '#c8482d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8482d;
$custom-light: #e18168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8482d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.452,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57398,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8482D

secondary

#82C1CF

accent

#CAE641

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8482D

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

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