#C9484E#C9484E

#C9484E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.164 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9484E
RGB	rgb(201, 72, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 51.59, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 57.12, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1529 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.164 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7826, 17.6061, 9.1416)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9484E #48C9C3

analogous

#C9488E #C9484E #C98248

triadic

#C9484E #4EC948 #484EC9

tetradic

#C9484E #8EC948 #48C9C3 #8248C9

square

#C9484E #8EC948 #48C9C3 #8248C9

split-complementary

#C9484E #48C982 #488EC9

monochromatic

#742226 #A43036 #C9484E #D7777C #E5A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#C9484E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#C9484E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9484E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9484E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9484E	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC2D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9484e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 72, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.164 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0817f',
    500: '#c9484e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9484e;
$custom-light: #e0817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9484e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5804,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9484E

secondary

#9BD2CF

accent

#DED74A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9484E

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

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