#C8494C#C8494C

#C8494C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8494C
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 62%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 50.69, 25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 56.80, 26.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1498 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.162 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5091, 17.5700, 8.7788)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8494C #49C8C5

analogous

#C8498B #C8494C #C88549

triadic

#C8494C #4CC849 #494CC8

tetradic

#C8494C #8BC849 #49C8C5 #8549C8

square

#C8494C #8BC849 #49C8C5 #8549C8

split-complementary

#C8494C #49C885 #498BC8

monochromatic

#742325 #A33134 #C8494C #D6787A #E4A7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C8494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#C8494C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8494C

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8494C	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A634B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df827e',
    500: '#c8494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8494c;
$custom-light: #df827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.583,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57963,
    "c": 0.16197,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8494C

secondary

#9BD2D0

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8494C

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

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