#C8170E#C8170E

#C8170E is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.207 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8170E
RGB	rgb(200, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(3, 87%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 93%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88.5%, 93%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 64.12, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 82.41, 38.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1806 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.207 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2083, 12.9280, 1.6361)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8170E #0EBFC8

analogous

#C80E62 #C8170E #C8740E

triadic

#C8170E #0EC817 #170EC8

tetradic

#C8170E #62C80E #0EBFC8 #740EC8

square

#C8170E #62C80E #0EBFC8 #740EC8

split-complementary

#C8170E #0EC874 #0E62C8

monochromatic

#560A06 #8F100A #C8170E #F02D24 #F4645D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#C8170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#C8170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C8170E

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C8170E	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817200

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.207 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e56c53',
    500: '#c8170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8170e;
$custom-light: #e56c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.903,
    "s": 86.916,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53043,
    "c": 0.20724,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8170E

secondary

#5BD1D7

accent

#F3FD2B

background

#FFF7F4

surface

#FFEDE7

border

#D7C8C3

text

#180803

muted

#867B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8170E

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

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