#C8493E#C8493E

#C8493E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.164 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8493E
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 49.87, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 60.09, 33.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1445 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.164 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0743, 17.3960, 6.4886)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8493E #3EBDC8

analogous

#C83E78 #C8493E #C88E3E

triadic

#C8493E #3EC849 #493EC8

tetradic

#C8493E #78C83E #3EBDC8 #8E3EC8

square

#C8493E #78C83E #3EBDC8 #8E3EC8

split-complementary

#C8493E #3EC88E #3E78C8

monochromatic

#6D251F #9C352D #C8493E #D6766E #E3A39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C8493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C8493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8493E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8493E	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.164 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08274',
    500: '#c8493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8493e;
$custom-light: #e08274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.783,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57732,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8493E

secondary

#92CACF

accent

#D3DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8493E

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

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