#C8495F#C8495F

#C8495F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.162 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8495F
RGB	rgb(200, 73, 95)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 52.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 52.11, 14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 54.15, 15.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1573 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.162 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2699, 17.8743, 12.7857)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8495F #49C8B2

analogous

#C8499E #C8495F #C87249

triadic

#C8495F #5FC849 #495FC8

tetradic

#C8495F #9EC849 #49C8B2 #7249C8

square

#C8495F #9EC849 #49C8B2 #7249C8

split-complementary

#C8495F #49C872 #499EC8

monochromatic

#742331 #A33145 #C8495F #D67888 #E4A7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C8495F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C8495F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8495F

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8495F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8495F	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)

#67655F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8495f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 73, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.162 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de828c',
    500: '#c8495f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8495f;
$custom-light: #de828c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8495f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.606,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58363,
    "c": 0.16161,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8495F

secondary

#9BD2C8

accent

#DDC44B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8495F

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

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