#C9482E#C9482E

#C9482E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.169 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9482E
RGB	rgb(201, 72, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 49.93, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 65.38, 40.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1415 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.169 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9009, 17.2534, 4.4980)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9482E #2EAFC9

analogous

#C92E61 #C9482E #C9962E

triadic

#C9482E #2EC948 #482EC9

tetradic

#C9482E #61C92E #2EAFC9 #962EC9

square

#C9482E #61C92E #2EAFC9 #962EC9

split-complementary

#C9482E #2EC996 #2E61C9

monochromatic

#652417 #973623 #C9482E #D9705B #E59B8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#C9482E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#C9482E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9482E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9482E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9482E	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D612A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9482e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 72, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.169 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28168',
    500: '#c9482e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9482e;
$custom-light: #e28168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9482e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.065,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57571,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9482E

secondary

#84C2CF

accent

#CAE642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9482E

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

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