#C8485E#C8485E

#C8485E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.163 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8485E
RGB	rgb(200, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 52.45, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 54.58, 16.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1583 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.163 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1596, 17.7259, 12.5261)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8485E #48C8B2

analogous

#C8489E #C8485E #C87248

triadic

#C8485E #5EC848 #485EC8

tetradic

#C8485E #9EC848 #48C8B2 #7248C8

square

#C8485E #9EC848 #48C8B2 #7248C8

split-complementary

#C8485E #48C872 #489EC8

monochromatic

#732330 #A23144 #C8485E #D67787 #E4A6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C8485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C8485E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8485E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8485E	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.163 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de828b',
    500: '#c8485e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8485e;
$custom-light: #de828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.688,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58221,
    "c": 0.16275,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8485E

secondary

#9AD1C8

accent

#DDC44B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8485E

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

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