#C8492D#C8492D

#C8492D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.167 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8492D
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 45)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 49.11, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 65.04, 40.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1388 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.167 34)
XYZ	xyz(26.6785, 17.2377, 4.4045)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8492D #2DACC8

analogous

#C82D5E #C8492D #C8962D

triadic

#C8492D #2DC849 #492DC8

tetradic

#C8492D #5EC82D #2DACC8 #962DC8

square

#C8492D #5EC82D #2DACC8 #962DC8

split-complementary

#C8492D #2DC896 #2D5EC8

monochromatic

#642517 #963722 #C8492D #DA7059 #E59B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C8492D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C8492D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8492D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8492D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8492D	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)

#6D6229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8492d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.167 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18168',
    500: '#c8492d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8492d;
$custom-light: #e18168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8492d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.839,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57521,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.17234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8492D

secondary

#82C1CF

accent

#C9E641

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8492D

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

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