#C8494E#C8494E

#C8494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8494E
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 50.83, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 56.41, 25.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1506 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.162 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5797, 17.5982, 9.1507)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8494E #49C8C3

analogous

#C8498D #C8494E #C88349

triadic

#C8494E #4EC849 #494EC8

tetradic

#C8494E #8DC849 #49C8C3 #8349C8

square

#C8494E #8DC849 #49C8C3 #8349C8

split-complementary

#C8494E #49C883 #498DC8

monochromatic

#742326 #A33136 #C8494E #D6787C #E4A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C8494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C8494E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8494E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8494E	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)

#69634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df827f',
    500: '#c8494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8494e;
$custom-light: #df827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.638,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58,
    "c": 0.16179,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8494E

secondary

#9BD2CF

accent

#DDD74B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8494E

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

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