#C8494D#C8494D

#C8494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8494D
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 50.76, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 56.60, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1502 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.162 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5442, 17.5840, 8.9634)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8494D #49C8C4

analogous

#C8498C #C8494D #C88449

triadic

#C8494D #4DC849 #494DC8

tetradic

#C8494D #8CC849 #49C8C4 #8449C8

square

#C8494D #8CC849 #49C8C4 #8449C8

split-complementary

#C8494D #49C884 #498CC8

monochromatic

#742325 #A33135 #C8494D #D6787B #E4A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C8494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C8494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8494D

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8494D	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A634C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df827e',
    500: '#c8494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8494d;
$custom-light: #df827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.11,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57981,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8494D

secondary

#9BD2D0

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8494D

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

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