#C8483E#C8483E

#C8483E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.165 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8483E
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 62)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 50.30, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 60.35, 33.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1459 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.165 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0091, 17.2657, 6.4669)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8483E #3EBEC8

analogous

#C83E79 #C8483E #C88D3E

triadic

#C8483E #3EC848 #483EC8

tetradic

#C8483E #79C83E #3EBEC8 #8D3EC8

square

#C8483E #79C83E #3EBEC8 #8D3EC8

split-complementary

#C8483E #3EC88D #3E79C8

monochromatic

#6D251F #9C352D #C8483E #D6756E #E3A29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C8483E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C8483E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8483E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8483E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8483E	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)

#6B623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8483e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.165 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08173',
    500: '#c8483e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8483e;
$custom-light: #e08173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8483e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5761,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8483E

secondary

#92CBCF

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8483E

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

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