#C9483F#C9483F

#C9483F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.166 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9483F
RGB	rgb(201, 72, 63)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 50.70, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 60.50, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1472 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.166 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3048, 17.4149, 6.6253)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9483F #3FC0C9

analogous

#C93F7B #C9483F #C98D3F

triadic

#C9483F #3FC948 #483FC9

tetradic

#C9483F #7BC93F #3FC0C9 #8D3FC9

square

#C9483F #7BC93F #3FC0C9 #8D3FC9

split-complementary

#C9483F #3FC98D #3F7BC9

monochromatic

#6F241F #9E342D #C9483F #D6766F #E4A39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#C9483F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C9483F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9483F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9483F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9483F	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9483f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 72, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.166 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18174',
    500: '#c9483f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9483f;
$custom-light: #e18174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9483f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.913,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57786,
    "c": 0.1659,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9483F

secondary

#94CCD0

accent

#D6DF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9483F

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

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