#C8494B#C8494B

#C8494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.162 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8494B
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 50.63, 26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 57.00, 27.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1494 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.162 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4746, 17.5562, 8.5972)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8494B #49C8C6

analogous

#C8498A #C8494B #C88649

triadic

#C8494B #4BC849 #494BC8

tetradic

#C8494B #8AC849 #49C8C6 #8649C8

square

#C8494B #8AC849 #49C8C6 #8649C8

split-complementary

#C8494B #49C886 #498AC8

monochromatic

#742324 #A33133 #C8494B #D67879 #E4A7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C8494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C8494B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8494B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8494B	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)

#6A634A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.162 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df827d',
    500: '#c8494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8494b;
$custom-light: #df827d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.055,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57945,
    "c": 0.16207,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8494B

secondary

#9BD2D1

accent

#DDDB4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8494B

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

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