#C8493F#C8493F

#C8493F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.164 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8493F
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 63)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 49.92, 32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 59.83, 33.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1449 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.164 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1020, 17.4071, 6.6345)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8493F #3FBEC8

analogous

#C83F79 #C8493F #C88E3F

triadic

#C8493F #3FC849 #493FC8

tetradic

#C8493F #79C83F #3FBEC8 #8E3FC8

square

#C8493F #79C83F #3FBEC8 #8E3FC8

split-complementary

#C8493F #3FC88E #3F79C8

monochromatic

#6D251F #9D352D #C8493F #D6766F #E3A39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C8493F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C8493F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8493F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8493F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8493F	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)

#6B633D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8493f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.164 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08274',
    500: '#c8493f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8493f;
$custom-light: #e08274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8493f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.38,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57747,
    "c": 0.16381,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8493F

secondary

#93CBD0

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8493F

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

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