#C8483B#C8483B

#C8483B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.166 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8483B
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 59)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 50.15, 35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 61.16, 34.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1448 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.166 29)
XYZ	xyz(26.9290, 17.2336, 6.0452)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8483B #3BBBC8

analogous

#C83B74 #C8483B #C88E3B

triadic

#C8483B #3BC848 #483BC8

tetradic

#C8483B #74C83B #3BBBC8 #8E3BC8

square

#C8483B #74C83B #3BBBC8 #8E3BC8

split-complementary

#C8483B #3BC88E #3B74C8

monochromatic

#6B251E #9A362B #C8483B #D5756B #E3A19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C8483B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C8483B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8483B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8483B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8483B	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8483b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.166 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08171',
    500: '#c8483b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8483b;
$custom-light: #e08171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8483b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.532,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57567,
    "c": 0.16553,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.1723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8483B

secondary

#90C9CF

accent

#D2DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8483B

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

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