#C8494F#C8494F

#C8494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.162 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8494F
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 60.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 50.89, 23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 56.23, 25.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.151 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.162 21)
XYZ	xyz(27.6159, 17.6127, 9.3410)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8494F #49C8C2

analogous

#C8498E #C8494F #C88249

triadic

#C8494F #4FC849 #494FC8

tetradic

#C8494F #8EC849 #49C8C2 #8249C8

square

#C8494F #8EC849 #49C8C2 #8249C8

split-complementary

#C8494F #49C882 #498EC8

monochromatic

#742327 #A33137 #C8494F #D6787C #E4A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#C8494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C8494F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8494F

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8494F	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69644E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.162 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8280',
    500: '#c8494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8494f;
$custom-light: #df8280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.165,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58019,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.17609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8494F

secondary

#9BD2CF

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8494F

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

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