#C8483D#C8483D

#C8483D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.165 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8483D
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 61)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 50.25, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 60.61, 34.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1455 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.165 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9819, 17.2548, 6.3237)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8483D #3DBDC8

analogous

#C83D77 #C8483D #C88D3D

triadic

#C8483D #3DC848 #483DC8

tetradic

#C8483D #77C83D #3DBDC8 #8D3DC8

square

#C8483D #77C83D #3DBDC8 #8D3DC8

split-complementary

#C8483D #3DC88D #3D77C8

monochromatic

#6C251F #9C352C #C8483D #D6756D #E3A29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C8483D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C8483D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8483D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8483D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8483D	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)

#6B623B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8483d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.165 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08173',
    500: '#c8483d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8483d;
$custom-light: #e08173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8483d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57596,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8483D

secondary

#92CACF

accent

#D3DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8483D

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

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