#C8495C#C8495C

#C8495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.161 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8495C
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 51.86, 16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 54.40, 17.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1561 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.161 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1362, 17.8208, 12.0813)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8495C #49C8B5

analogous

#C8499B #C8495C #C87549

triadic

#C8495C #5CC849 #495CC8

tetradic

#C8495C #9BC849 #49C8B5 #7549C8

square

#C8495C #9BC849 #49C8B5 #7549C8

split-complementary

#C8495C #49C875 #499BC8

monochromatic

#74232F #A33142 #C8495C #D67886 #E4A7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C8495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C8495C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8495C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8495C	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.161 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de828a',
    500: '#c8495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8495c;
$custom-light: #de828a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.024,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58293,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8495C

secondary

#9BD2C9

accent

#DDC74B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8495C

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

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