#C8495E#C8495E

#C8495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.162 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8495E
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 52.02, 15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 54.23, 16.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1569 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.162 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2247, 17.8562, 12.5478)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8495E #49C8B3

analogous

#C8499D #C8495E #C87349

triadic

#C8495E #5EC849 #495EC8

tetradic

#C8495E #9DC849 #49C8B3 #7349C8

square

#C8495E #9DC849 #49C8B3 #7349C8

split-complementary

#C8495E #49C873 #499DC8

monochromatic

#742330 #A33144 #C8495E #D67888 #E4A7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C8495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C8495E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8495E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8495E	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.162 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de828b',
    500: '#c8495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8495e;
$custom-light: #de828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.079,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5834,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8495E

secondary

#9BD2C9

accent

#DDC54B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8495E

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

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