#C8495B#C8495B

#C8495B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.161 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8495B
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 51.78, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 54.50, 18.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.1557 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.161 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0927, 17.8034, 11.8526)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8495B #49C8B6

analogous

#C8499A #C8495B #C87649

triadic

#C8495B #5BC849 #495BC8

tetradic

#C8495B #9AC849 #49C8B6 #7649C8

square

#C8495B #9AC849 #49C8B6 #7649C8

split-complementary

#C8495B #49C876 #499AC8

monochromatic

#74232E #A33141 #C8495B #D67885 #E4A7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#C8495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C8495B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8495B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8495B	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)

#67655B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.161 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8289',
    500: '#c8495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8495b;
$custom-light: #de8289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.496,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5827,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8495B

secondary

#9BD2CA

accent

#DDC84B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8495B

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

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