#C8495D#C8495D

#C8495D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.161 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8495D
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 93)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 51.94, 15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 54.31, 16.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1565 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.161 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1802, 17.8384, 12.3130)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8495D #49C8B4

analogous

#C8499C #C8495D #C87449

triadic

#C8495D #5DC849 #495DC8

tetradic

#C8495D #9CC849 #49C8B4 #7449C8

square

#C8495D #9CC849 #49C8B4 #7449C8

split-complementary

#C8495D #49C874 #499CC8

monochromatic

#742330 #A33143 #C8495D #D67887 #E4A7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C8495D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C8495D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8495D

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8495D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8495D	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8495d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.161 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de828a',
    500: '#c8495d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8495d;
$custom-light: #de828a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8495d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.551,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58316,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8495D

secondary

#9BD2C9

accent

#DDC64B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8495D

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

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