#C8483A#C8483A

#C8483A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.166 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8483A
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 50.10, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 61.43, 35.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1445 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.166 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9033, 17.2234, 5.9100)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8483A #3ABAC8

analogous

#C83A73 #C8483A #C88F3A

triadic

#C8483A #3AC848 #483AC8

tetradic

#C8483A #73C83A #3ABAC8 #8F3AC8

square

#C8483A #73C83A #3ABAC8 #8F3AC8

split-complementary

#C8483A #3AC88F #3A73C8

monochromatic

#6A251E #9A362B #C8483A #D5746A #E3A19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#C8483A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#C8483A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8483A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8483A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8483A	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8483a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.166 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08171',
    500: '#c8483a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8483a;
$custom-light: #e08171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8483a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.915,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57554,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8483A

secondary

#8FC8CE

accent

#D1E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8483A

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

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