#C8494A#C8494A

#C8494A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.162 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8494A
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 50.56, 26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 57.21, 27.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.149 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.162 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4407, 17.5426, 8.4183)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8494A #49C8C7

analogous

#C84989 #C8494A #C88749

triadic

#C8494A #4AC849 #494AC8

tetradic

#C8494A #89C849 #49C8C7 #8749C8

square

#C8494A #89C849 #49C8C7 #8749C8

split-complementary

#C8494A #49C887 #4989C8

monochromatic

#742324 #A33132 #C8494A #D67879 #E4A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C8494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C8494A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8494A

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8494A	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.162 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df827c',
    500: '#c8494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8494a;
$custom-light: #df827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.528,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57927,
    "c": 0.16219,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8494A

secondary

#9BD2D1

accent

#DDDC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8494A

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

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