#C8493A#C8493A

#C8493A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.165 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8493A
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 49.67, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 61.19, 35.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1431 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.165 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9685, 17.3537, 5.9317)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8493A #3AB9C8

analogous

#C83A72 #C8493A #C8903A

triadic

#C8493A #3AC849 #493AC8

tetradic

#C8493A #72C83A #3AB9C8 #903AC8

square

#C8493A #72C83A #3AB9C8 #903AC8

split-complementary

#C8493A #3AC890 #3A72C8

monochromatic

#6A261E #9A372B #C8493A #D5756A #E3A19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C8493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#C8493A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8493A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8493A	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.165 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08171',
    500: '#c8493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8493a;
$custom-light: #e08171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.338,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57676,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8493A

secondary

#8FC8CE

accent

#D0E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8493A

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

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