#C8495A#C8495A

#C8495A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.161 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8495A
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 90)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(352, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 55%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 51.70, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 54.61, 18.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1553 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.161 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0499, 17.7863, 11.6269)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8495A #49C8B7

analogous

#C84999 #C8495A #C87849

triadic

#C8495A #5AC849 #495AC8

tetradic

#C8495A #99C849 #49C8B7 #7849C8

square

#C8495A #99C849 #49C8B7 #7849C8

split-complementary

#C8495A #49C878 #4999C8

monochromatic

#74232E #A33140 #C8495A #D67885 #E4A7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C8495A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C8495A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8495A

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8495A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8495A	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68645A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8495a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.161 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8288',
    500: '#c8495a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8495a;
$custom-light: #df8288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8495a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.969,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58248,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8495A

secondary

#9BD2CA

accent

#DDC94B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8495A

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

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